diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70580bdd352c..72ef86a5570d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 *.lzo
 *.mod
 *.mod.c
-*.ns_deps
 *.o
 *.o.*
 *.patch
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ modules.order
 /System.map
 /Module.markers
 /modules.builtin.modinfo
+/modules.nsdeps
 
 #
 # RPM spec file (make rpm-pkg)
diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff
index 9f4392876099..72fc2e9e2b63 100644
--- a/Documentation/dontdiff
+++ b/Documentation/dontdiff
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ mkutf8data
 modpost
 modules.builtin
 modules.builtin.modinfo
+modules.nsdeps
 modules.order
 modversions.h*
 nconf
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ef897fd9cfd..1e3f307bd49b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
 CLEAN_DIRS  += include/ksym
-CLEAN_FILES += modules.builtin.modinfo
+CLEAN_FILES += modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
 MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config include/generated          \
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ clean: $(clean-dirs)
 		-o -name '*.ko.*' \
 		-o -name '*.dtb' -o -name '*.dtb.S' -o -name '*.dt.yaml' \
 		-o -name '*.dwo' -o -name '*.lst' \
-		-o -name '*.su' -o -name '*.mod' -o -name '*.ns_deps' \
+		-o -name '*.su' -o -name '*.mod' \
 		-o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \
 		-o -name '*.lex.c' -o -name '*.tab.[ch]' \
 		-o -name '*.asn1.[ch]' \
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index c9757b20b048..da37128c3f9f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ __modpost:
 else
 
 MODPOST += $(subst -i,-n,$(filter -i,$(MAKEFLAGS))) -s -T - \
-	$(if $(KBUILD_NSDEPS),-d)
+	$(if $(KBUILD_NSDEPS),-d modules.nsdeps)
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 MODPOST += $(wildcard vmlinux)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index dcd90d563ce8..f7425f5d4ab0 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ static int sec_mismatch_count = 0;
 static int sec_mismatch_fatal = 0;
 /* ignore missing files */
 static int ignore_missing_files;
-/* write namespace dependencies */
-static int write_namespace_deps;
 
 enum export {
 	export_plain,      export_unused,     export_gpl,
@@ -2217,14 +2215,11 @@ static int check_exports(struct module *mod)
 		else
 			basename = mod->name;
 
-		if (exp->namespace) {
-			add_namespace(&mod->required_namespaces,
-				      exp->namespace);
-
-			if (!module_imports_namespace(mod, exp->namespace)) {
-				warn("module %s uses symbol %s from namespace %s, but does not import it.\n",
-				     basename, exp->name, exp->namespace);
-			}
+		if (exp->namespace &&
+		    !module_imports_namespace(mod, exp->namespace)) {
+			warn("module %s uses symbol %s from namespace %s, but does not import it.\n",
+			     basename, exp->name, exp->namespace);
+			add_namespace(&mod->missing_namespaces, exp->namespace);
 		}
 
 		if (!mod->gpl_compatible)
@@ -2525,29 +2520,27 @@ static void write_dump(const char *fname)
 	free(buf.p);
 }
 
-static void write_namespace_deps_files(void)
+static void write_namespace_deps_files(const char *fname)
 {
 	struct module *mod;
 	struct namespace_list *ns;
 	struct buffer ns_deps_buf = {};
 
 	for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
-		char fname[PATH_MAX];
 
-		if (mod->skip)
+		if (mod->skip || !mod->missing_namespaces)
 			continue;
 
-		ns_deps_buf.pos = 0;
+		buf_printf(&ns_deps_buf, "%s.ko:", mod->name);
 
-		for (ns = mod->required_namespaces; ns; ns = ns->next)
-			buf_printf(&ns_deps_buf, "%s\n", ns->namespace);
+		for (ns = mod->missing_namespaces; ns; ns = ns->next)
+			buf_printf(&ns_deps_buf, " %s", ns->namespace);
 
-		if (ns_deps_buf.pos == 0)
-			continue;
-
-		sprintf(fname, "%s.ns_deps", mod->name);
-		write_if_changed(&ns_deps_buf, fname);
+		buf_printf(&ns_deps_buf, "\n");
 	}
+
+	write_if_changed(&ns_deps_buf, fname);
+	free(ns_deps_buf.p);
 }
 
 struct ext_sym_list {
@@ -2560,6 +2553,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct module *mod;
 	struct buffer buf = { };
 	char *kernel_read = NULL;
+	char *missing_namespace_deps = NULL;
 	char *dump_write = NULL, *files_source = NULL;
 	int opt;
 	int err;
@@ -2567,7 +2561,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct ext_sym_list *extsym_iter;
 	struct ext_sym_list *extsym_start = NULL;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:e:mnsT:o:awEd")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:e:mnsT:o:awEd:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'i':
 			kernel_read = optarg;
@@ -2606,7 +2600,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			sec_mismatch_fatal = 1;
 			break;
 		case 'd':
-			write_namespace_deps = 1;
+			missing_namespace_deps = optarg;
 			break;
 		default:
 			exit(1);
@@ -2654,8 +2648,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		write_if_changed(&buf, fname);
 	}
 
-	if (write_namespace_deps)
-		write_namespace_deps_files();
+	if (missing_namespace_deps)
+		write_namespace_deps_files(missing_namespace_deps);
 
 	if (dump_write)
 		write_dump(dump_write);
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index ad271bc6c313..fe6652535e4b 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ struct module {
 	struct buffer dev_table_buf;
 	char	     srcversion[25];
 	int is_dot_o;
-	// Required namespace dependencies
-	struct namespace_list *required_namespaces;
+	// Missing namespace dependencies
+	struct namespace_list *missing_namespaces;
 	// Actual imported namespaces
 	struct namespace_list *imported_namespaces;
 };
diff --git a/scripts/nsdeps b/scripts/nsdeps
index dda6fbac016e..08db427a7fe5 100644
--- a/scripts/nsdeps
+++ b/scripts/nsdeps
@@ -27,15 +27,14 @@ generate_deps_for_ns() {
 }
 
 generate_deps() {
-	local mod_name=`basename $@ .ko`
-	local mod_file=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/\.ko/\.mod/'`
-	local ns_deps_file=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/\.ko/\.ns_deps/'`
-	if [ ! -f "$ns_deps_file" ]; then return; fi
-	local mod_source_files=`cat $mod_file | sed -n 1p                      \
+	local mod=${1%.ko:}
+	shift
+	local namespaces="$*"
+	local mod_source_files=`cat $mod.mod | sed -n 1p                      \
 					      | sed -e 's/\.o/\.c/g'           \
 					      | sed "s|[^ ]* *|${srctree}/&|g"`
-	for ns in `cat $ns_deps_file`; do
-		echo "Adding namespace $ns to module $mod_name (if needed)."
+	for ns in $namespaces; do
+		echo "Adding namespace $ns to module $mod.ko."
 		generate_deps_for_ns $ns $mod_source_files
 		# sort the imports
 		for source_file in $mod_source_files; do
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ generate_deps() {
 	done
 }
 
-for f in `cat $objtree/modules.order`; do
-	generate_deps $f
-done
-
+while read line
+do
+	generate_deps $line
+done < modules.nsdeps
