diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index c6a055c0291e..a8ee27496da7 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1462,9 +1462,6 @@ static void default_mismatch_handler(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 	from = find_elf_symbol2(elf, r->r_offset, fromsec);
 	fromsym = sym_name(elf, from);
 
-	if (strstarts(fromsym, "reference___initcall"))
-		return;
-
 	tosec = sec_name(elf, get_secindex(elf, sym));
 	to = find_elf_symbol(elf, r->r_addend, sym);
 	tosym = sym_name(elf, to);