diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 5d20a2e..ad2434b 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
 	/* exclude also MIPS ELF local symbols ($L123 instead of .L123) */
 	else if (str[0] == '$')
 		return -1;
+	/* exclude debugging symbols */
+	else if (stype == 'N')
+		return -1;
 
 	/* include the type field in the symbol name, so that it gets
 	 * compressed together */