diff --git a/kpatch-build/create-diff-object.c b/kpatch-build/create-diff-object.c
index 707b0a908..4f9cf44ec 100644
--- a/kpatch-build/create-diff-object.c
+++ b/kpatch-build/create-diff-object.c
@@ -430,6 +430,30 @@ static int __kpatch_unique_id_strcmp(char *s1, char *s2)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int __kpatch_skip_digits_strcmp(char *s1, char *s2)
+{
+	while (*s1 && *s2) {
+		while (isdigit(*s1))
+			s1++;
+		while (isdigit(*s2))
+			s2++;
+		if (*s1 != *s2)
+			return 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * The pointers may be moved to skip the digits, so it is
+		 * necessary to check again before advancing the pointers.
+		 */
+		if (*s1 == '\0' || *s2 == '\0')
+			break;
+
+		s1++;
+		s2++;
+	}
+
+	return *s1 == *s2;
+}
+
 /*
  * This is like strcmp, but for gcc-mangled symbols.  It skips the comparison
  * of any substring which consists of '.' followed by any number of digits.
@@ -446,6 +470,19 @@ static int kpatch_mangled_strcmp(char *s1, char *s2)
 	if (!strncmp(s1, "__UNIQUE_ID_", 12))
 		return __kpatch_unique_id_strcmp(s1, s2);
 
+	/*
+	 * Hack for __initcall_stub() with CONFIG_LTO_CLANG.
+	 * The following should match:
+	 *
+	 *   __initstub__kmod_syscall__728_5326_bpf_syscall_sysctl_init7
+	 *   __initstub__kmod_syscall__728_5324_bpf_syscall_sysctl_init7
+	 *
+	 * Please refer to __initcall_stub() in include/linux/init.h for
+	 * more details.
+	 */
+	if (!strncmp(s1, "__initstub__kmod_syscall__", 26))
+		return __kpatch_skip_digits_strcmp(s1, s2);
+
 	while (*s1 == *s2) {
 		if (!*s1)
 			return 0;