diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index f05e36a2e9af..78480c2f9f6f 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ static unsigned int *reloc_location(struct elf_info *elf,
 	int section = sechdr->sh_info;
 
 	return (void *)elf->hdr + sechdrs[section].sh_offset +
-		(r->r_offset - sechdrs[section].sh_addr);
+		r->r_offset - sechdrs[section].sh_addr;
 }
 
 static int addend_386_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)