diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 36e3754..7abee0f 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -55,10 +55,14 @@
  * Check that sizeof(device_id type) are consistent with size of section
  * in .o file. If in-consistent then userspace and kernel does not agree
  * on actual size which is a bug.
+ * Also verify that the final entry in the table is all zeros.
  **/
-static void device_id_size_check(const char *modname, const char *device_id,
-				 unsigned long size, unsigned long id_size)
+static void device_id_check(const char *modname, const char *device_id,
+			    unsigned long size, unsigned long id_size,
+			    void *symval)
 {
+	int i;
+
 	if (size % id_size || size < id_size) {
 		fatal("%s: sizeof(struct %s_device_id)=%lu is not a modulo "
 		      "of the size of section __mod_%s_device_table=%lu.\n"
@@ -66,6 +70,20 @@
 		      "in mod_devicetable.h\n",
 		      modname, device_id, id_size, device_id, size, device_id);
 	}
+	/* Verify last one is a terminator */
+	for (i = 0; i < id_size; i++ ) {
+		if (*(uint8_t*)(symval+size-id_size+i)) {
+			fprintf(stderr,"%s: struct %s_device_id is %lu bytes.  "
+				"The last of %lu is:\n",
+				modname, device_id, id_size, size / id_size);
+			for (i = 0; i < id_size; i++ )
+				fprintf(stderr,"0x%02x ",
+					*(uint8_t*)(symval+size-id_size+i) );
+			fprintf(stderr,"\n");
+			fatal("%s: struct %s_device_id is not terminated "
+				"with a NULL entry!\n", modname, device_id);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /* USB is special because the bcdDevice can be matched against a numeric range */
@@ -168,7 +186,7 @@
 	unsigned int i;
 	const unsigned long id_size = sizeof(struct usb_device_id);
 
-	device_id_size_check(mod->name, "usb", size, id_size);
+	device_id_check(mod->name, "usb", size, id_size, symval);
 
 	/* Leave last one: it's the terminator. */
 	size -= id_size;
@@ -535,7 +553,7 @@
 	char alias[500];
 	int (*do_entry)(const char *, void *entry, char *alias) = function;
 
-	device_id_size_check(mod->name, device_id, size, id_size);
+	device_id_check(mod->name, device_id, size, id_size, symval);
 	/* Leave last one: it's the terminator. */
 	size -= id_size;
 
@@ -557,14 +575,21 @@
 			Elf_Sym *sym, const char *symname)
 {
 	void *symval;
+	char *zeros = NULL;
 
 	/* We're looking for a section relative symbol */
 	if (!sym->st_shndx || sym->st_shndx >= info->hdr->e_shnum)
 		return;
 
-	symval = (void *)info->hdr
-		+ info->sechdrs[sym->st_shndx].sh_offset
-		+ sym->st_value;
+	/* Handle all-NULL symbols allocated into .bss */
+	if (info->sechdrs[sym->st_shndx].sh_type & SHT_NOBITS) {
+		zeros = calloc(1, sym->st_size);
+		symval = zeros;
+	} else {
+		symval = (void *)info->hdr
+			+ info->sechdrs[sym->st_shndx].sh_offset
+			+ sym->st_value;
+	}
 
 	if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_pci_device_table"))
 		do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
@@ -637,6 +662,7 @@
 		do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
 			 sizeof(struct ssb_device_id), "ssb",
 			 do_ssb_entry, mod);
+	free(zeros);
 }
 
 /* Now add out buffered information to the generated C source */