diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 53e276bb24ac..cb8858388a22 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 		".kprobes.text", ".cpuidle.text", ".noinstr.text"
 #define OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS ".ref.text", ".head.text", ".spinlock.text", \
 		".fixup", ".entry.text", ".exception.text", ".text.*", \
-		".coldtext"
+		".coldtext", ".irqentry.text"
 
 #define INIT_SECTIONS      ".init.*"
 #define MEM_INIT_SECTIONS  ".meminit.*"