diff --git a/include/linux/module_symbol.h b/include/linux/module_symbol.h
index 7ace7ba3020331227b255dd0763797a0f1120290..5b799942b243d26a9e65781fca1065f908f710fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/module_symbol.h
+++ b/include/linux/module_symbol.h
@@ -3,12 +3,22 @@
 #define _LINUX_MODULE_SYMBOL_H
 
 /* This ignores the intensely annoying "mapping symbols" found in ELF files. */
-static inline int is_mapping_symbol(const char *str)
+static inline int is_mapping_symbol(const char *str, int is_riscv)
 {
 	if (str[0] == '.' && str[1] == 'L')
 		return true;
 	if (str[0] == 'L' && str[1] == '0')
 		return true;
+	/*
+	 * RISC-V defines various special symbols that start with "$".  The
+	 * mapping symbols, which exist to differentiate between incompatible
+	 * instruction encodings when disassembling, show up all over the place
+	 * and are generally not meant to be treated like other symbols.  So
+	 * just ignore any of the special symbols.
+	 */
+	if (is_riscv)
+		return str[0] == '$';
+
 	return str[0] == '$' &&
 	       (str[1] == 'a' || str[1] == 'd' || str[1] == 't' || str[1] == 'x')
 	       && (str[2] == '\0' || str[2] == '.');
diff --git a/kernel/module/kallsyms.c b/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
index ef73ae7c89094bdad10f851489d98330bd40dc57..78a1ffc399d9d880a98d54d63bbf5cf18c7abb53 100644
--- a/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static const char *find_kallsyms_symbol(struct module *mod,
 		 * and inserted at a whim.
 		 */
 		if (*kallsyms_symbol_name(kallsyms, i) == '\0' ||
-		    is_mapping_symbol(kallsyms_symbol_name(kallsyms, i)))
+		    is_mapping_symbol(kallsyms_symbol_name(kallsyms, i), IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV)))
 			continue;
 
 		if (thisval <= addr && thisval > bestval) {
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index b29b29707f10462475e1ad8b258be08bf12eefe1..7c71429d6502392c527984cdab58819401a227b2 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static inline int is_valid_name(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Sym *sym)
 
 	if (!name || !strlen(name))
 		return 0;
-	return !is_mapping_symbol(name);
+	return !is_mapping_symbol(name, elf->hdr->e_machine == EM_RISCV);
 }
 
 /* Look up the nearest symbol based on the section and the address */