diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index f340017585c54a91332956ad101b600e4e0462d2..f3d72370587936fa373129cc9b246f15dac907be 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -3003,9 +3003,39 @@ config TEST_KALLSYMS_D
 	tristate
 	depends on m
 
+choice
+	prompt "Kallsym test range"
+	default TEST_KALLSYMS_LARGE
+	help
+	  Selecting something other than "Fast" will enable tests which slow
+	  down the build and may crash your build.
+
+config TEST_KALLSYMS_FAST
+	bool "Fast builds"
+	help
+	  You won't really be testing kallsysms, so this just helps fast builds
+	  when allmodconfig is used..
+
+config TEST_KALLSYMS_LARGE
+	bool "Enable testing kallsyms with large exports"
+	help
+	  This will enable larger number of symbols. This will slow down
+	  your build considerably.
+
+config TEST_KALLSYMS_MAX
+	bool "Known kallsysms limits"
+	help
+	  This will enable exports to the point we know we'll start crashing
+	  builds.
+
+endchoice
+
 config TEST_KALLSYMS_NUMSYMS
 	int "test kallsyms number of symbols"
-	default 100
+	range 2 10000
+	default 2 if TEST_KALLSYMS_FAST
+	default 100 if TEST_KALLSYMS_LARGE
+	default 10000 if TEST_KALLSYMS_MAX
 	help
 	  The number of symbols to create on TEST_KALLSYMS_A, only one of which
 	  module TEST_KALLSYMS_B will use. This also will be used
diff --git a/lib/tests/module/Makefile b/lib/tests/module/Makefile
index af5c27b996cb15d2f48218755b3ea3d81ffd7280..2f3e1a772c2c4a4205a10825a408eb98227e989d 100644
--- a/lib/tests/module/Makefile
+++ b/lib/tests/module/Makefile
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KALLSYMS_B) += test_kallsyms_b.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KALLSYMS_C) += test_kallsyms_c.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KALLSYMS_D) += test_kallsyms_d.o
 
-$(obj)/%.c: FORCE
-	@$(kecho) "  GEN     $@"
-	$(Q)$(srctree)/lib/tests/module/gen_test_kallsyms.sh $@\
-		$(CONFIG_TEST_KALLSYMS_NUMSYMS) \
-		$(CONFIG_TEST_KALLSYMS_SCALE_FACTOR)
+quiet_cmd_gen_test_kallsyms = GEN     $@
+	cmd_gen_test_kallsyms = $< $@ \
+	$(CONFIG_TEST_KALLSYMS_NUMSYMS) \
+	$(CONFIG_TEST_KALLSYMS_SCALE_FACTOR)
 
-clean-files += test_kallsyms_a.c
-clean-files += test_kallsyms_b.c
-clean-files += test_kallsyms_c.c
-clean-files += test_kallsyms_d.c
+$(obj)/%.c: $(src)/gen_test_kallsyms.sh FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,gen_test_kallsyms)
+
+targets += $(foreach x, a b c d, test_kallsyms_$(x).c)
diff --git a/lib/tests/module/gen_test_kallsyms.sh b/lib/tests/module/gen_test_kallsyms.sh
index 3f2c626350ad1b2bc653b60e5d6e3abe9cb7d334..561dcac0f359c1305fe92e0db8853b9288ecc602 100755
--- a/lib/tests/module/gen_test_kallsyms.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/module/gen_test_kallsyms.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ NUM_SYMS=$2
 SCALE_FACTOR=$3
 TEST_TYPE=$(echo $TARGET | sed -e 's|lib/tests/module/test_kallsyms_||g')
 TEST_TYPE=$(echo $TEST_TYPE | sed -e 's|.c||g')
+FIRST_B_LOOKUP=1
+
+if [[ $NUM_SYMS -gt 2 ]]; then
+	FIRST_B_LOOKUP=$((NUM_SYMS/2))
+fi
 
 gen_template_module_header()
 {
@@ -52,10 +57,10 @@ ____END_MODULE
 
 gen_template_module_data_b()
 {
-	printf "\nextern int auto_test_a_%010d;\n\n" 28
+	printf "\nextern int auto_test_a_%010d;\n\n" $FIRST_B_LOOKUP
 	echo "static int auto_runtime_test(void)"
 	echo "{"
-	printf "\nreturn auto_test_a_%010d;\n" 28
+	printf "\nreturn auto_test_a_%010d;\n" $FIRST_B_LOOKUP
 	echo "}"
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/module/find_symbol.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/module/find_symbol.sh
index 140364d3c49fc912eb6846b512e65cb419f6c1ba..2c56805c9b6e6ea0c9a6899f80b8cdf08ba42526 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/module/find_symbol.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/module/find_symbol.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ load_mod()
 	local ARCH="$(uname -m)"
 	case "${ARCH}" in
 	x86_64)
-		perf stat $STATS $MODPROBE test_kallsyms_b
+		perf stat $STATS $MODPROBE $MOD
 		;;
 	*)
-		time $MODPROBE test_kallsyms_b
+		time $MODPROBE $MOD
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	esac