diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index eeac3e313b2..54befe36ee0 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>	/* for cond_resched */
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 
@@ -301,13 +302,6 @@ struct kallsym_iter
 	char name[KSYM_NAME_LEN+1];
 };
 
-/* Only label it "global" if it is exported. */
-static void upcase_if_global(struct kallsym_iter *iter)
-{
-	if (is_exported(iter->name, iter->owner))
-		iter->type += 'A' - 'a';
-}
-
 static int get_ksymbol_mod(struct kallsym_iter *iter)
 {
 	iter->owner = module_get_kallsym(iter->pos - kallsyms_num_syms,
@@ -316,7 +310,10 @@ static int get_ksymbol_mod(struct kallsym_iter *iter)
 	if (iter->owner == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	upcase_if_global(iter);
+	/* Label it "global" if it is exported, "local" if not exported. */
+	iter->type = is_exported(iter->name, iter->owner)
+		? toupper(iter->type) : tolower(iter->type);
+
 	return 1;
 }