diff --git a/kernel/module/Makefile b/kernel/module/Makefile
index 3c0db7f101f6..bbe67f8c6940 100644
--- a/kernel/module/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/module/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_STATS) += stats.o
 $(obj)/gki_module.o: include/generated/gki_module_protected_exports.h \
 			include/generated/gki_module_unprotected.h
 
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_UNUSED_KSYMS_WHITELIST),)
+ALL_KMI_SYMBOLS := $(CONFIG_UNUSED_KSYMS_WHITELIST)
+else
 ALL_KMI_SYMBOLS := include/config/abi_gki_kmi_symbols
+$(ALL_KMI_SYMBOLS):
+	: > $@
+endif
 
 include/generated/gki_module_unprotected.h: $(ALL_KMI_SYMBOLS) \
 				$(srctree)/scripts/gen_gki_modules_headers.sh
@@ -43,10 +49,6 @@ include/generated/gki_module_unprotected.h: $(ALL_KMI_SYMBOLS) \
 # AARCH is the same as ARCH, except that arm64 becomes aarch64
 AARCH := $(if $(filter arm64,$(ARCH)),aarch64,$(ARCH))
 
-# Generate symbol list with union of all symbol list for ARCH
-$(ALL_KMI_SYMBOLS): $(wildcard $(srctree)/gki/$(AARCH)/symbols/*)
-	$(if $(strip $^),cat $^ > $(ALL_KMI_SYMBOLS), echo "" > $(ALL_KMI_SYMBOLS))
-
 # ABI protected exports list file specific to ARCH if exists else empty
 ABI_PROTECTED_EXPORTS_FILE := $(wildcard $(srctree)/gki/$(AARCH)/protected_exports)