diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/module-plts.c b/arch/arm/kernel/module-plts.c
index f5a43fd8c163..da2ee8d6ef1a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/module-plts.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/module-plts.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 		/* sort by type and symbol index */
 		sort(rels, numrels, sizeof(Elf32_Rel), cmp_rel, NULL);
 
-		if (strncmp(secstrings + dstsec->sh_name, ".init", 5) != 0)
+		if (!module_init_layout_section(secstrings + dstsec->sh_name))
 			core_plts += count_plts(syms, dstsec->sh_addr, rels,
 						numrels, s->sh_info);
 		else