diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index 885775f6072e..639bdd3ad5eb 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static int correlate_symbols(struct elfs *e)
 
 		sym2 = find_global_symbol_by_name(e->patched, sym1->name);
 
-		if (sym2 && !sym2->twin && !strcmp(sym1->name, sym2->name)) {
+		if (sym2 && !sym2->twin) {
 			sym1->twin = sym2;
 			sym2->twin = sym1;
 		}