diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 12d3db3bd46b..d583c98fde31 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2133,6 +2133,11 @@ static void add_staging_flag(struct buffer *b, const char *name)
 		buf_printf(b, "\nMODULE_INFO(staging, \"Y\");\n");
 }
 
+/* In kernel, this size is defined in linux/module.h;
+ * here we use Elf_Addr instead of long for covering cross-compile
+ */
+#define MODULE_NAME_LEN (64 - sizeof(Elf_Addr))
+
 /**
  * Record CRCs for unresolved symbols
  **/
@@ -2177,6 +2182,12 @@ static int add_versions(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
 				s->name, mod->name);
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (strlen(s->name) >= MODULE_NAME_LEN) {
+			merror("too long symbol \"%s\" [%s.ko]\n",
+			       s->name, mod->name);
+			err = 1;
+			break;
+		}
 		buf_printf(b, "\t{ %#8x, __VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(%s) },\n",
 			   s->crc, s->name);
 	}