diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 344defd0f91..f8d1fd525e1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1021,9 +1021,14 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 all: modules
 
 #	Build modules
+#
+#	A module can be listed more than once in obj-m resulting in
+#	duplicate lines in modules.order files.  Those are removed
+#	using awk while concatenating to the final file.
 
 PHONY += modules
 modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux)
+	$(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.order) > $(objtree)/modules.order
 	@echo '  Building modules, stage 2.';
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
 
@@ -1051,6 +1056,7 @@ _modinst_:
 		rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
 		ln -s $(objtree) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
 	fi
+	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
 
 # This depmod is only for convenience to give the initial
@@ -1110,7 +1116,7 @@ clean: archclean $(clean-dirs)
 	@find . $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		\( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name '*.ko' -o -name '.*.cmd' \
 		-o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \
-		-o -name '*.symtypes' \) \
+		-o -name '*.symtypes' -o -name 'modules.order' \) \
 		-type f -print | xargs rm -f
 
 # mrproper - Delete all generated files, including .config
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index de9836eee8b..db38ef465a6 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@ ifneq ($(strip $(obj-y) $(obj-m) $(obj-n) $(obj-) $(lib-target)),)
 builtin-target := $(obj)/built-in.o
 endif
 
+modorder-target := $(obj)/modules.order
+
 # We keep a list of all modules in $(MODVERDIR)
 
 __build: $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),$(builtin-target) $(lib-target) $(extra-y)) \
-	 $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES),$(obj-m)) \
+	 $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES),$(obj-m) $(modorder-target)) \
 	 $(subdir-ym) $(always)
 	@:
 
@@ -275,6 +277,19 @@ $(builtin-target): $(obj-y) FORCE
 targets += $(builtin-target)
 endif # builtin-target
 
+#
+# Rule to create modules.order file
+#
+# Create commands to either record .ko file or cat modules.order from
+# a subdirectory
+modorder-cmds =						\
+	$(foreach m, $(modorder),			\
+		$(if $(filter %/modules.order, $m),	\
+			cat $m;, echo kernel/$m;))
+
+$(modorder-target): $(subdir-ym) FORCE
+	$(Q)(cat /dev/null; $(modorder-cmds)) > $@
+
 #
 # Rule to compile a set of .o files into one .a file
 #
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 3c5e88bfecf..8e440233c27 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ lib-y := $(filter-out $(obj-y), $(sort $(lib-y) $(lib-m)))
 # o if we encounter foo/ in $(obj-m), remove it from $(obj-m) 
 #   and add the directory to the list of dirs to descend into: $(subdir-m)
 
+# Determine modorder.
+# Unfortunately, we don't have information about ordering between -y
+# and -m subdirs.  Just put -y's first.
+modorder	:= $(patsubst %/,%/modules.order, $(filter %/, $(obj-y)) $(obj-m:.o=.ko))
+
 __subdir-y	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-y)))
 subdir-y	+= $(__subdir-y)
 __subdir-m	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-m)))
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ real-objs-m := $(foreach m, $(obj-m), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)
 extra-y		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(extra-y))
 always		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(always))
 targets		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(targets))
+modorder	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(modorder))
 obj-y		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-y))
 obj-m		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-m))
 lib-y		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lib-y))