diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index f22c8b4..1ef7875 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -612,14 +612,10 @@
  *   atsym = *driver, *_template, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *probe_one, *_console
  *
  * Pattern 3:
- *   Whitelist all references from .pci_fixup* section to .init.text
- *   This is part of the PCI init when built-in
- *
- * Pattern 4:
  *   Whitelist all refereces from .text.head to .init.data
  *   Whitelist all refereces from .text.head to .init.text
  *
- * Pattern 5:
+ * Pattern 4:
  *   Some symbols belong to init section but still it is ok to reference
  *   these from non-init sections as these symbols don't have any memory
  *   allocated for them and symbol address and value are same. So even
@@ -628,7 +624,7 @@
  *   This pattern is identified by
  *   refsymname = __init_begin, _sinittext, _einittext
  *
- * Pattern 7:
+ * Pattern 5:
  *  Logos used in drivers/video/logo reside in __initdata but the
  *  funtion that references them are EXPORT_SYMBOL() so cannot be
  *  marker __init. So we whitelist them here.
@@ -636,12 +632,6 @@
  *  tosec      = .init.data
  *  fromsec    = .text*
  *  refsymname = logo_
- *
- * Pattern 10:
- *  ia64 has machvec table for each platform and
- *  powerpc has a machine desc table for each platform.
- *  It is mixture of function pointers of .init.text and .text.
- *  fromsec  = .machvec | .machine.desc
  **/
 static int secref_whitelist(const char *modname, const char *tosec,
 			    const char *fromsec, const char *atsym,
@@ -699,32 +689,22 @@
 		return 1;
 
 	/* Check for pattern 3 */
-	if ((strncmp(fromsec, ".pci_fixup", strlen(".pci_fixup")) == 0) &&
-	    (strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0))
-	return 1;
-
-	/* Check for pattern 4 */
 	if ((strcmp(fromsec, ".text.head") == 0) &&
 		((strcmp(tosec, ".init.data") == 0) ||
 		(strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0)))
 	return 1;
 
-	/* Check for pattern 5 */
+	/* Check for pattern 4 */
 	for (s = pat3refsym; *s; s++)
 		if (strcmp(refsymname, *s) == 0)
 			return 1;
 
-	/* Check for pattern 7 */
+	/* Check for pattern 5 */
 	if ((strcmp(tosec, ".init.data") == 0) &&
 	    (strncmp(fromsec, ".text", strlen(".text")) == 0) &&
 	    (strncmp(refsymname, "logo_", strlen("logo_")) == 0))
 		return 1;
 
-	/* Check for pattern 10 */
-	if ((strcmp(fromsec, ".machvec") == 0) ||
-	    (strcmp(fromsec, ".machine.desc") == 0))
-		return 1;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1088,7 +1068,7 @@
  * section, not the ia64 .opd section.
  * ia64 .opd should not point to discarded sections.
  * [.rodata] like for .init.text we ignore .rodata references -same reason
- **/
+ */
 static int initexit_section_ref_ok(const char *name)
 {
 	const char **s;
@@ -1099,6 +1079,8 @@
 		".altinstructions",
 		".cranges",		/* used by sh64 */
 		".fixup",
+		".machvec",		/* ia64 + powerpc uses these */
+		".machine.desc",
 		".opd",			/* See comment [OPD] */
 		".parainstructions",
 		".pdr",