diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 46ce5d04dbeb..518c70b8db50 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ kallsyms_step()
 mksysmap()
 {
 	info NM ${2}
-	${NM} -n "${1}" | "${srctree}/scripts/mksysmap" > "${2}"
+	${NM} -n "${1}" | sed -f "${srctree}/scripts/mksysmap" > "${2}"
 }
 
 sorttable()