diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 268d457..161b784 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -727,7 +727,17 @@
 
 /* sections that we do not want to do full section mismatch check on */
 static const char *section_white_list[] =
-	{ ".comment*", ".debug*", ".stab*", ".note*", ".got*", ".toc*", NULL };
+{
+	".comment*",
+	".debug*",
+	".mdebug*",        /* alpha, score, mips etc. */
+	".pdr",            /* alpha, score, mips etc. */
+	".stab*",
+	".note*",
+	".got*",
+	".toc*",
+	NULL
+};
 
 /*
  * This is used to find sections missing the SHF_ALLOC flag.