diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index f51cf977c65b22131ff1ac7aa568015771e94f65..49dfcd556c78ef9c64d4c290992ba840f3e528cc 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ static void extable_mismatch_handler(const char* modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 static void check_section_mismatch(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 				   Elf_Rela *r, Elf_Sym *sym, const char *fromsec)
 {
-	const char *tosec = sec_name(elf, get_secindex(elf, sym));;
+	const char *tosec = sec_name(elf, get_secindex(elf, sym));
 	const struct sectioncheck *mismatch = section_mismatch(fromsec, tosec);
 
 	if (mismatch) {