diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 167700a7b80f..925c1a1856aa 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2012,10 +2012,8 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
 
 	mod = new_module(modname);
 
-	if (mod->is_vmlinux) {
+	if (mod->is_vmlinux)
 		have_vmlinux = 1;
-		mod->skip = 1;
-	}
 
 	if (!mod->is_vmlinux) {
 		license = get_modinfo(&info, "license");
@@ -2474,7 +2472,6 @@ static void read_dump(const char *fname)
 			mod = new_module(modname);
 			if (mod->is_vmlinux)
 				have_vmlinux = 1;
-			mod->skip = 1;
 			mod->from_dump = 1;
 		}
 		s = sym_add_exported(symname, mod, export_no(export));
@@ -2535,7 +2532,7 @@ static void write_namespace_deps_files(const char *fname)
 
 	for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
 
-		if (mod->skip || !mod->missing_namespaces)
+		if (mod->from_dump || !mod->missing_namespaces)
 			continue;
 
 		buf_printf(&ns_deps_buf, "%s.ko:", mod->name);
@@ -2637,7 +2634,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
 		char fname[PATH_MAX];
 
-		if (mod->skip)
+		if (mod->is_vmlinux || mod->from_dump)
 			continue;
 
 		buf.pos = 0;
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 87251729539e..3dc9e8fa5d1f 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ struct module {
 	int from_dump;  /* 1 if module was loaded from *.symvers */
 	int is_vmlinux;
 	int seen;
-	int skip;
 	int has_init;
 	int has_cleanup;
 	struct buffer dev_table_buf;