diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index b839c48689df..3df26789c2e6 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2001,8 +2001,6 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
 
 	mod = new_module(modname);
 
-	/* When there's no vmlinux, don't print warnings about
-	 * unresolved symbols (since there'll be too many ;) */
 	if (is_vmlinux(modname)) {
 		have_vmlinux = 1;
 		mod->skip = 1;
@@ -2623,6 +2621,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (files_source)
 		read_symbols_from_files(files_source);
 
+	/*
+	 * When there's no vmlinux, don't print warnings about
+	 * unresolved symbols (since there'll be too many ;)
+	 */
+	if (!have_vmlinux)
+		warn("Symbol info of vmlinux is missing. Unresolved symbol check will be entirely skipped.\n");
+
 	err = 0;
 
 	for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {