diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 135861c2ac78..a2a47f4a33a7 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -3059,9 +3059,7 @@ static int setup_load_info(struct load_info *info, int flags)
 
 	/* Try to find a name early so we can log errors with a module name */
 	info->index.info = find_sec(info, ".modinfo");
-	if (!info->index.info)
-		info->name = "(missing .modinfo section)";
-	else
+	if (info->index.info)
 		info->name = get_modinfo(info, "name");
 
 	/* Find internal symbols and strings. */
@@ -3076,14 +3074,15 @@ static int setup_load_info(struct load_info *info, int flags)
 	}
 
 	if (info->index.sym == 0) {
-		pr_warn("%s: module has no symbols (stripped?)\n", info->name);
+		pr_warn("%s: module has no symbols (stripped?)\n",
+			info->name ?: "(missing .modinfo section or name field)");
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 
 	info->index.mod = find_sec(info, ".gnu.linkonce.this_module");
 	if (!info->index.mod) {
 		pr_warn("%s: No module found in object\n",
-			info->name ?: "(missing .modinfo name field)");
+			info->name ?: "(missing .modinfo section or name field)");
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 	/* This is temporary: point mod into copy of data. */