diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 14a50c8d3f3400ea1b40b0eaeb7f045b57d2d4da..a57636c6f84fdbd2ebb1b2275e3fe9832c3eb764 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
 	for (i = 0; special_prefixes[i]; i++) {
 		int l = strlen(special_prefixes[i]);
 
-		if (l <= strlen(sym_name) &&
-		    strncmp(sym_name, special_prefixes[i], l) == 0)
+		if (strncmp(sym_name, special_prefixes[i], l) == 0)
 			return 0;
 	}