diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7afd412dadd2..265959544978 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 *.symversions
 *.tab.[ch]
 *.tar
+*.usyms
 *.xz
 *.zst
 Module.symvers
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9336e783be3..82ee893909e9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@ clean: $(clean-dirs)
 		-o -name '*.ko.*' \
 		-o -name '*.dtb' -o -name '*.dtbo' -o -name '*.dtb.S' -o -name '*.dt.yaml' \
 		-o -name '*.dwo' -o -name '*.lst' \
-		-o -name '*.su' -o -name '*.mod' \
+		-o -name '*.su' -o -name '*.mod' -o -name '*.usyms' \
 		-o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \
 		-o -name '*.lex.c' -o -name '*.tab.[ch]' \
 		-o -name '*.asn1.[ch]' \
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 857329844789..6ae92d119dfa 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ ifdef need-builtin
 targets-for-builtin += $(obj)/built-in.a
 endif
 
-targets-for-modules := $(patsubst %.o, %.mod, $(filter %.o, $(obj-m)))
+targets-for-modules := $(foreach x, mod $(if $(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS), usyms), \
+				$(patsubst %.o, %.$x, $(filter %.o, $(obj-m))))
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG)$(CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT),)
 targets-for-modules += $(patsubst %.o, %.prelink.o, $(filter %.o, $(obj-m)))
@@ -256,9 +257,6 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
 cmd_gen_ksymdeps = \
 	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gen_ksymdeps.sh $@ >> $(dot-target).cmd
-
-# List module undefined symbols
-undefined_syms = $(NM) $< | $(AWK) '$$1 == "U" { printf("%s%s", x++ ? " " : "", $$2) }';
 endif
 
 define rule_cc_o_c
@@ -305,14 +303,17 @@ $(obj)/%.prelink.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,cc_prelink_modules)
 endif
 
-cmd_mod = { \
-	echo $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(call real-search, $*.o, .o, -objs -y -m)); \
-	$(undefined_syms) echo; \
-	} > $@
+cmd_mod = echo $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(call real-search, $*.o, .o, -objs -y -m)) > $@
 
 $(obj)/%.mod: $(obj)/%$(mod-prelink-ext).o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,mod)
 
+# List module undefined symbols
+cmd_undefined_syms = $(NM) $< | sed -n 's/^  *U //p' > $@
+
+$(obj)/%.usyms: $(obj)/%$(mod-prelink-ext).o FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,undefined_syms)
+
 quiet_cmd_cc_lst_c = MKLST   $@
       cmd_cc_lst_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -g -c -o $*.o $< && \
 		     $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/makelst $*.o \
diff --git a/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh b/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh
index 59fdb875e818..f1b5ac818411 100755
--- a/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh
+++ b/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ case "$KBUILD_VERBOSE" in
 esac
 
 # Generate a new symbol list file
-$CONFIG_SHELL $srctree/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh "$new_ksyms_file"
+$CONFIG_SHELL $srctree/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh --modorder "$new_ksyms_file"
 
 # Extract changes between old and new list and touch corresponding
 # dependency files.
diff --git a/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh b/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
index 120225c541c5..faacf7062122 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 # Create an autoksyms.h header file from the list of all module's needed symbols
-# as recorded on the second line of *.mod files and the user-provided symbol
-# whitelist.
+# as recorded in *.usyms files and the user-provided symbol whitelist.
 
 set -e
 
-output_file="$1"
-
 # Use "make V=1" to debug this script.
 case "$KBUILD_VERBOSE" in
 *1*)
@@ -16,6 +13,15 @@ case "$KBUILD_VERBOSE" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+read_modorder=
+
+if [ "$1" = --modorder ]; then
+	shift
+	read_modorder=1
+fi
+
+output_file="$1"
+
 needed_symbols=
 
 # Special case for modversions (see modpost.c)
@@ -41,10 +47,8 @@ cat > "$output_file" << EOT
 
 EOT
 
-[ -f modules.order ] && modlist=modules.order || modlist=/dev/null
-
 {
-	sed 's/ko$/mod/' $modlist | xargs -n1 sed -n -e '2p'
+	[ -n "${read_modorder}" ] && sed 's/ko$/usyms/' modules.order | xargs cat
 	echo "$needed_symbols"
 	[ -n "$ksym_wl" ] && cat "$ksym_wl"
 } | sed -e 's/ /\n/g' | sed -n -e '/^$/!p' |
diff --git a/scripts/mod/sumversion.c b/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
index 905c0ec291e1..0125698f2037 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ out_file:
 /* Calc and record src checksum. */
 void get_src_version(const char *modname, char sum[], unsigned sumlen)
 {
-	char *buf, *pos, *firstline;
+	char *buf;
 	struct md4_ctx md;
 	char *fname;
 	char filelist[PATH_MAX + 1];
@@ -397,15 +397,8 @@ void get_src_version(const char *modname, char sum[], unsigned sumlen)
 
 	buf = read_text_file(filelist);
 
-	pos = buf;
-	firstline = get_line(&pos);
-	if (!firstline) {
-		warn("bad ending versions file for %s\n", modname);
-		goto free;
-	}
-
 	md4_init(&md);
-	while ((fname = strsep(&firstline, " "))) {
+	while ((fname = strsep(&buf, " \n"))) {
 		if (!*fname)
 			continue;
 		if (!(is_static_library(fname)) &&