#define symversion(base, idx) ((base != NULL) ? ((base) + (idx)) : NULL)
 #endif
 
-static bool check_exported_symbol(const struct symsearch *syms,
-                                 struct module *owner, unsigned int symnum,
-                                 struct find_symbol_arg *fsa)
-{
-       fsa->owner = owner;
-       fsa->crc = symversion(syms->crcs, symnum);
-       fsa->sym = &syms->start[symnum];
-       fsa->license = syms->license;
-       return true;
-}
-
 static const char *kernel_symbol_name(const struct kernel_symbol *sym)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
 
        sym = bsearch(fsa->name, syms->start, syms->stop - syms->start,
                        sizeof(struct kernel_symbol), cmp_name);
+       if (!sym)
+               return false;
 
-       if (sym != NULL && check_exported_symbol(syms, owner,
-                                                sym - syms->start, fsa))
-               return true;
+       fsa->owner = owner;
+       fsa->crc = symversion(syms->crcs, sym - syms->start);
+       fsa->sym = sym;
+       fsa->license = syms->license;
 
-       return false;
+       return true;
 }
 
 /*