diff --git a/find-requires.ksyms b/find-requires.ksyms
index 6918a01..2c12712 100755
--- a/find-requires.ksyms
+++ b/find-requires.ksyms
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ all_provides() {
     if [[ -n $(nm "$@" | sed -r -ne 's:^0*([0-9a-f]+) A __crc_(.+):0x\1 \2:p') ]]; then
         nm "$@" \
         | sed -r -ne 's:^0*([0-9a-f]+) A __crc_(.+):0x\1 \2:p' \
-        | awk --non-decimal-data '{printf("0x%08x\t%s\n", $1, $2)}' \
-        | LC_ALL=C sort -k2,2 -u
+        | awk --non-decimal-data '{printf("%s:0x%08x\n", $2, $1)}' \
+        | LC_ALL=C sort -k1,1 -u
     else
         ELFRODATA=$(readelf -R .rodata "$@" | awk '/0x/{printf $2$3$4$5}')
         if [[ -n $(readelf -h "$@" | grep "little endian") ]]; then
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ all_provides() {
         for sym in $(nm "$@" | sed -r -ne 's:^0*([0-9a-f]+) R __crc_(.+):0x\1 \2:p'); do
             echo $sym $RODATA
         done \
-        | awk --non-decimal-data '{printf("0x%08s\t%s\n", substr($3,($1*2)+1,8), $2)}' \
-        | LC_ALL=C sort -k2,2 -u
+        | awk --non-decimal-data '{printf("%s:0x%08s\n", $2, substr($3,($1*2)+1,8))}' \
+        | LC_ALL=C sort -k1,1 -u
     fi
 }
 
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ all_requires() {
         /sbin/modprobe --dump-modversions "$module" \
         | awk --non-decimal-data '
             BEGIN { FS = "\t" ; OFS = "\t" }
-            {printf("0x%08x\t%s\n", $1, $2)}' \
+            {printf("%s:0x%08x\n", $2, $1)}' \
         | sed -r -e 's:$:\t'"$1"':'
     done \
-    | LC_ALL=C sort -k2,2 -u
+    | LC_ALL=C sort -k1,1 -u
 }
 
 # Filter out requirements fulfilled by the module itself.
 mod_requires() {
-    LC_ALL=C join -t $'\t' -j 2 -v 1 \
+    LC_ALL=C join -t $'\t' -j 1 -v 1 \
         <(all_requires "$@") \
         <(all_provides "$@") \
     | LC_ALL=C sort -k1,1 -u
@@ -107,22 +107,24 @@ if [ ${#modules[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
 
     cat /usr/src/kernels/$kernel/Module.symvers | awk '
         BEGIN { FS = "\t" ; OFS = "\t" }
-        { print $2 "\t" $1 }
+        { print $2 ":" $1 }
     ' \
     | sed -r -e 's:$:\t'"$kernel"':' \
     | LC_ALL=C sort -k1,1 -u > $symvers
 
     # Symbols matching with the kernel get a "kernel" dependency
-    LC_ALL=C join -t $'\t' -j 1 $symvers <(mod_requires "${modules[@]}") | LC_ALL=C sort -u \
-    | awk '{ FS = "\t" ; OFS = "\t" } { print "kernel(" $1 ") = " $2 }'
+    mod_req=$(mktemp -t mod_req.XXXXX)
+    mod_requires "${modules[@]}" > "$mod_req"
+    LC_ALL=C join -t $'\t' -j 1 $symvers "$mod_req" | LC_ALL=C sort -u \
+    | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "[\t:]" ; OFS = "\t" } { print "kernel(" $1 ") = " $2 }'
 
     # Symbols from elsewhere get a "ksym" dependency
-    LC_ALL=C join -t $'\t' -j 1 -v 2 $symvers <(mod_requires "${modules[@]}") | LC_ALL=C sort -u \
-    | awk '{ FS = "\t" ; OFS = "\t" } { print "ksym(" $1 ") = " $2 }'
+    LC_ALL=C join -t $'\t' -j 1 -v 2 $symvers "$mod_req" | LC_ALL=C sort -u \
+    | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "[\t:]" ; OFS = "\t" } { print "ksym(" $1 ") = " $2 }'
 
     # Check kABI if the kabi-stablelists package is installed
     # Do this last so we can try to output this error at the end
-    kabi_check_symbols=($(LC_ALL=C join -t $'\t' -j 1 $symvers <(mod_requires "${modules[@]}") | LC_ALL=C sort -u \
-    | awk '{ FS = "\t" ; OFS = "\t" } { print $1 }'))
+    kabi_check_symbols=($(LC_ALL=C join -t $'\t' -j 1 $symvers "$mod_req" | LC_ALL=C sort -u \
+    | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "[\t:]" ; OFS = "\t" } { print $1 }'))
     check_kabi "${kabi_check_symbols[@]}"
 fi