diff --git a/src/util/sortobjdump.pl b/src/util/sortobjdump.pl
index 7257161c..8ad7314b 100755
--- a/src/util/sortobjdump.pl
+++ b/src/util/sortobjdump.pl
@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@ while ( <> ) {
     print;
     ( my $index, my $section ) = ( $1, $2 );
     $section_idx{$section} = sprintf ( "%02d", $index );
-  } elsif ( /^([0-9a-fA-F]+)\s.*?\s([\.\*]\S+)\s+([0-9a-fA-F]+)\s/ ) {
+  } elsif ( /^([0-9a-fA-F]+)\s.*?\s([\.\*]\S+)\s+([0-9a-fA-F]+)\s+(\S+)/ ) {
     # It's a symbol line - store it in the hash, indexed by
-    # "<section index>:<value>:<size>"
-    ( my $value, my $section, my $size ) = ( $1, $2, $3 );
+    # "<section_index>:<value>:<size>:<end_tag>".  <end_tag> is "0" if
+    # the symbol name is of the form xxx_end, "1" otherwise; this is
+    # done so that table end markers show up before any other symbols
+    # with the same value.
+    ( my $value, my $section, my $size, my $name ) = ( $1, $2, $3, $4 );
     die "Unrecognised section \"$section\"\n"
 	unless exists $section_idx{$section};
     my $section_idx = $section_idx{$section};
-    my $key = $section_idx.":".$value.":".$size;
+    my $end = ( $name =~ /_end$/ ) ? "0" : "1";
+    my $key = $section_idx.":".$value.":".$size.":".$end;
     $lines{$key} ||= '';
     $lines{$key} .= $_;
   } else {