diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index cd104af..413c536 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -420,11 +420,10 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (hdr->e_shnum == 0) {
+	if (hdr->e_shnum == SHN_UNDEF) {
 		/*
 		 * There are more than 64k sections,
 		 * read count from .sh_size.
-		 * note: it doesn't need shndx2secindex()
 		 */
 		info->num_sections = TO_NATIVE(sechdrs[0].sh_size);
 	}
@@ -432,8 +431,7 @@
 		info->num_sections = hdr->e_shnum;
 	}
 	if (hdr->e_shstrndx == SHN_XINDEX) {
-		info->secindex_strings =
-		    shndx2secindex(TO_NATIVE(sechdrs[0].sh_link));
+		info->secindex_strings = TO_NATIVE(sechdrs[0].sh_link);
 	}
 	else {
 		info->secindex_strings = hdr->e_shstrndx;
@@ -489,7 +487,7 @@
 			    sechdrs[i].sh_offset;
 			info->symtab_stop  = (void *)hdr +
 			    sechdrs[i].sh_offset + sechdrs[i].sh_size;
-			sh_link_idx = shndx2secindex(sechdrs[i].sh_link);
+			sh_link_idx = sechdrs[i].sh_link;
 			info->strtab       = (void *)hdr +
 			    sechdrs[sh_link_idx].sh_offset;
 		}
@@ -516,11 +514,9 @@
 
 	if (symtab_shndx_idx != ~0U) {
 		Elf32_Word *p;
-		if (symtab_idx !=
-		    shndx2secindex(sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link))
+		if (symtab_idx != sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link)
 			fatal("%s: SYMTAB_SHNDX has bad sh_link: %u!=%u\n",
-			      filename,
-			      shndx2secindex(sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link),
+			      filename, sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link,
 			      symtab_idx);
 		/* Fix endianness */
 		for (p = info->symtab_shndx_start; p < info->symtab_shndx_stop;
@@ -1446,7 +1442,7 @@
 				    Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
 {
 	Elf_Shdr *sechdrs = elf->sechdrs;
-	int section = shndx2secindex(sechdr->sh_info);
+	int section = sechdr->sh_info;
 
 	return (void *)elf->hdr + sechdrs[section].sh_offset +
 		r->r_offset;
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 0388cfcc..2031119 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -145,33 +145,22 @@
 	return i != SHN_XINDEX && i >= SHN_LORESERVE && i <= SHN_HIRESERVE;
 }
 
-/* shndx is in [0..SHN_LORESERVE) U (SHN_HIRESERVE, 0xfffffff], thus:
- * shndx == 0               <=> sechdrs[0]
- * ......
- * shndx == SHN_LORESERVE-1 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE-1]
- * shndx == SHN_HIRESERVE+1 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE]
- * shndx == SHN_HIRESERVE+2 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE+1]
- * ......
- * fyi: sym->st_shndx is uint16, SHN_LORESERVE = ff00, SHN_HIRESERVE = ffff,
- * so basically we map  0000..feff -> 0000..feff
- *                      ff00..ffff -> (you are a bad boy, dont do it)
- *                     10000..xxxx -> ff00..(xxxx-0x100)
+/*
+ * Move reserved section indices SHN_LORESERVE..SHN_HIRESERVE out of
+ * the way to -256..-1, to avoid conflicting with real section
+ * indices.
  */
-static inline unsigned int shndx2secindex(unsigned int i)
-{
-	if (i <= SHN_HIRESERVE)
-		return i;
-	return i - (SHN_HIRESERVE + 1 - SHN_LORESERVE);
-}
+#define SPECIAL(i) ((i) - (SHN_HIRESERVE + 1))
 
 /* Accessor for sym->st_shndx, hides ugliness of "64k sections" */
 static inline unsigned int get_secindex(const struct elf_info *info,
 					const Elf_Sym *sym)
 {
+	if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
+		return SPECIAL(sym->st_shndx);
 	if (sym->st_shndx != SHN_XINDEX)
 		return sym->st_shndx;
-	return shndx2secindex(info->symtab_shndx_start[sym -
-						       info->symtab_start]);
+	return info->symtab_shndx_start[sym - info->symtab_start];
 }
 
 /* file2alias.c */