diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 99334521909beef8ba2f1d36c363392871d1fc42..b476d84feda78992cd3f71983b3110aee3872fd9 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -160,11 +160,19 @@ char *read_text_file(const char *filename)
 
 char *get_line(char **stringp)
 {
+	char *orig = *stringp, *next;
+
 	/* do not return the unwanted extra line at EOF */
-	if (*stringp && **stringp == '\0')
+	if (!orig || *orig == '\0')
 		return NULL;
 
-	return strsep(stringp, "\n");
+	next = strchr(orig, '\n');
+	if (next)
+		*next++ = '\0';
+
+	*stringp = next;
+
+	return orig;
 }
 
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