diff --git a/lnet/utils/debug.c b/lnet/utils/debug.c
index e1371c70648f1cc9ab3889bfc9f7892d390294cf..8dfc0fff2654a9d62f6430ebc128b854630e2ad3 100644
--- a/lnet/utils/debug.c
+++ b/lnet/utils/debug.c
@@ -787,9 +787,8 @@ static int jt_dbg_modules_2_5(int argc, char **argv)
         char *path = "";
         char *kernel = "linux";
         const char *proc = "/proc/modules";
-        char modname[128], others[4096];
+        char modname[128], buf[4096];
         long modaddr;
-        int rc;
         FILE *file;
 
         if (argc >= 2)
@@ -807,15 +806,17 @@ static int jt_dbg_modules_2_5(int argc, char **argv)
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        while ((rc = fscanf(file, "%s %s %s %s %s %lx\n",
-                modname, others, others, others, others, &modaddr)) == 6) {
-                for (mp = mod_paths; mp->name != NULL; mp++) {
-                        if (!strcmp(mp->name, modname))
-                                break;
-                }
-                if (mp->name) {
-                        printf("add-symbol-file %s%s%s/%s.o 0x%0lx\n", path,
-                               path[0] ? "/" : "", mp->path, mp->name, modaddr);
+        while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), file) != NULL) {
+                if (sscanf(buf, "%s %*s %*s %*s %*s %lx", modname, &modaddr) == 2) {
+                        for (mp = mod_paths; mp->name != NULL; mp++) {
+                                if (!strcmp(mp->name, modname))
+                                        break;
+                        }
+                        if (mp->name) {
+                                printf("add-symbol-file %s%s%s/%s.o 0x%0lx\n", 
+                                       path, path[0] ? "/" : "", 
+                                       mp->path, mp->name, modaddr);
+                        }
                 }
         }