diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 7746d4ad0bfa..622875396bcf 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -111,14 +111,19 @@ find_dir_prefix() {
 
 run_readelf() {
 	local objfile=$1
-	local out=$(${READELF} --file-header --section-headers --symbols --wide $objfile)
+	local tmpfile
+	tmpfile=$(mktemp)
+
+	${READELF} --file-header --section-headers --symbols --wide "$objfile" > "$tmpfile"
 
 	# This assumes that readelf first prints the file header, then the section headers, then the symbols.
 	# Note: It seems that GNU readelf does not prefix section headers with the "There are X section headers"
 	# line when multiple options are given, so let's also match with the "Section Headers:" line.
-	ELF_FILEHEADER=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/q;p')
-	ELF_SECHEADERS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/,$p' | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/q;p')
-	ELF_SYMS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/,$p')
+	ELF_FILEHEADER=$(sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/q;p' "$tmpfile")
+	ELF_SECHEADERS=$(sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/,$p' "$tmpfile" | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/q;p')
+	ELF_SYMS=$(sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/,$p' "$tmpfile")
+
+	rm -f -- "$tmpfile"
 }
 
 check_vmlinux() {