diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a20ac26aa2f5..8ef2c87703b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 *.xz
 Module.symvers
 modules.builtin
+modules.builtin.modinfo
 
 #
 # Top-level generic files
diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff
index 2228fcc8e29f..3d4d5a402b8b 100644
--- a/Documentation/dontdiff
+++ b/Documentation/dontdiff
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ mktables
 mktree
 modpost
 modules.builtin
+modules.builtin.modinfo
 modules.order
 modversions.h*
 nconf
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index c9e3d93e7a89..63e118c8c837 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ modules.builtin
 This file lists all modules that are built into the kernel. This is used
 by modprobe to not fail when trying to load something builtin.
 
+modules.builtin.modinfo
+--------------------------------------------------
+This file contains modinfo from all modules that are built into the kernel.
+Unlike modinfo of a separate module, all fields are prefixed with module name.
+
 
 Environment variables
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d5713e7b1e50..5e6657fcf08c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1288,6 +1288,7 @@ _modinst_:
 	fi
 	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
 	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin $(MODLIB)/
+	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin.modinfo $(MODLIB)/
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
 
 # This depmod is only for convenience to give the initial
@@ -1328,6 +1329,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
 CLEAN_DIRS  += $(MODVERDIR) include/ksym
+CLEAN_FILES += modules.builtin.modinfo
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
 MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config usr/include include/generated          \
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 3d7a6a9c2370..44c724bf7d3a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@
 	EXIT_CALL							\
 	*(.discard)							\
 	*(.discard.*)							\
+	*(.modinfo)							\
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index f5bc4c046461..1cae28b1172a 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ extern typeof(name) __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table		\
 #define MODULE_VERSION(_version) MODULE_INFO(version, _version)
 #else
 #define MODULE_VERSION(_version)					\
+	MODULE_INFO(version, _version);					\
 	static struct module_version_attribute ___modver_attr = {	\
 		.mattr	= {						\
 			.attr	= {					\
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index ba36506db4fb..5ba250d9172a 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -10,23 +10,21 @@
    module name. */
 #ifdef MODULE
 #define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX /* empty */
+#define __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX /* empty */
 #else
 #define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX KBUILD_MODNAME "."
+/* We cannot use MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX because some modules override it. */
+#define __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX KBUILD_MODNAME "."
 #endif
 
 /* Chosen so that structs with an unsigned long line up. */
 #define MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN (64 - sizeof(unsigned long))
 
-#ifdef MODULE
 #define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)					  \
 static const char __UNIQUE_ID(name)[]					  \
   __used __attribute__((section(".modinfo"), unused, aligned(1)))	  \
-  = __stringify(tag) "=" info
-#else  /* !MODULE */
-/* This struct is here for syntactic coherency, it is not used */
-#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)					  \
-  struct __UNIQUE_ID(name) {}
-#endif
+  = __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX __stringify(tag) "=" info
+
 #define __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(name, _type)					  \
   __MODULE_INFO(parmtype, name##type, #name ":" _type)
 
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index c8cf45362bd6..41ef7cb043c1 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ modpost_link vmlinux.o
 # modpost vmlinux.o to check for section mismatches
 ${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.modpost" vmlinux.o
 
+info MODINFO modules.builtin.modinfo
+"${OBJCOPY}" -j .modinfo -O binary vmlinux.o modules.builtin.modinfo
+chmod 444 modules.builtin.modinfo
+
 kallsymso=""
 kallsyms_vmlinux=""
 if [ -n "${CONFIG_KALLSYMS}" ]; then
