3 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c
index 08ae61eb327e..f5203d1640ee 100644
--- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		error("no input files?");
 	}
 
-	symbol_read_exports(stdin);
+	if (!symbol_read_exports(stdin))
+		return 0;
 
 	if (symtypes_file) {
 		symfile = fopen(symtypes_file, "w");
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h
index d9c06d2cb1df..32cec8f7695a 100644
--- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct symbol {
 typedef void (*symbol_callback_t)(struct symbol *, void *arg);
 
 bool is_symbol_ptr(const char *name);
-void symbol_read_exports(FILE *file);
+int symbol_read_exports(FILE *file);
 void symbol_read_symtab(int fd);
 struct symbol *symbol_get(const char *name);
 void symbol_set_ptr(struct symbol *sym, Dwarf_Die *ptr);
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/symbols.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/symbols.c
index 35ed594f0749..ecddcb5ffcdf 100644
--- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/symbols.c
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/symbols.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static bool is_exported(const char *name)
 	return for_each(name, NULL, NULL) > 0;
 }
 
-void symbol_read_exports(FILE *file)
+int symbol_read_exports(FILE *file)
 {
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	char *line = NULL;
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ void symbol_read_exports(FILE *file)
 
 	free(line);
 	debug("%d exported symbols", nsym);
+
+	return nsym;
 }
 
 static void get_symbol(struct symbol *sym, void *arg)