diff --git a/scripts/rstrip.sh b/scripts/rstrip.sh
index e47960a941..2aa7e96fda 100755
--- a/scripts/rstrip.sh
+++ b/scripts/rstrip.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TARGETS=$*
   exit 1
 }
 
-find $TARGETS -type f -a -exec file {} \; | \
+find $TARGETS -not -path \*/lib/firmware/\* -a -type f -a -exec file {} \; | \
   sed -n -e 's/^\(.*\):.*ELF.*\(executable\|relocatable\|shared object\).*,.*/\1:\2/p' | \
 (
   IFS=":"