diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 676328a7c8c7..ad3cccb0970f 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -188,16 +188,13 @@ static bool cleanup_symbol_name(char *s)
 
 static int compare_symbol_name(const char *name, char *namebuf)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = strcmp(name, namebuf);
-	if (!ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	if (cleanup_symbol_name(namebuf) && !strcmp(name, namebuf))
-		return 0;
-
-	return ret;
+	/* The kallsyms_seqs_of_names is sorted based on names after
+	 * cleanup_symbol_name() (see scripts/kallsyms.c) if clang lto is enabled.
+	 * To ensure correct bisection in kallsyms_lookup_names(), do
+	 * cleanup_symbol_name(namebuf) before comparing name and namebuf.
+	 */
+	cleanup_symbol_name(namebuf);
+	return strcmp(name, namebuf);
 }
 
 static int kallsyms_lookup_names(const char *name,