diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 34fe2824eb56d450a7e3c34ffdba605c5945526f..387ee77bdbd683a3c457b564e7ceab187dfbb480 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2883,12 +2883,13 @@ static int module_sig_check(struct load_info *info, int flags)
 	const unsigned long markerlen = sizeof(MODULE_SIG_STRING) - 1;
 	const char *reason;
 	const void *mod = info->hdr;
-
+	bool mangled_module = flags & (MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_MODVERSIONS |
+				       MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_VERMAGIC);
 	/*
-	 * Require flags == 0, as a module with version information
-	 * removed is no longer the module that was signed
+	 * Do not allow mangled modules as a module with version information
+	 * removed is no longer the module that was signed.
 	 */
-	if (flags == 0 &&
+	if (!mangled_module &&
 	    info->len > markerlen &&
 	    memcmp(mod + info->len - markerlen, MODULE_SIG_STRING, markerlen) == 0) {
 		/* We truncate the module to discard the signature */