diff --git a/ompi/mpi/fortran/common_sym_whitelist.txt b/ompi/mpi/fortran/common_sym_whitelist.txt
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+# Open MPI's Fortran libraries have a bunch of deliberate common
+# symbols.  Whitelist them.
+ompi_f08_mpi_2complex
+ompi_f08_mpi_2double_complex
+ompi_f08_mpi_2double_precision
+ompi_f08_mpi_2integer
+ompi_f08_mpi_2real
+ompi_f08_mpi_aint
+ompi_f08_mpi_band
+ompi_f08_mpi_bor
+ompi_f08_mpi_bxor
+ompi_f08_mpi_byte
+ompi_f08_mpi_character
+ompi_f08_mpi_comm_null
+ompi_f08_mpi_comm_self
+ompi_f08_mpi_comm_world
+ompi_f08_mpi_complex
+ompi_f08_mpi_complex8
+ompi_f08_mpi_complex16
+ompi_f08_mpi_complex32
+ompi_f08_mpi_datatype_null
+ompi_f08_mpi_double_complex
+ompi_f08_mpi_double_precision
+ompi_f08_mpi_errhandler_null
+ompi_f08_mpi_errors_are_fatal
+ompi_f08_mpi_errors_return
+ompi_f08_mpi_file_null
+ompi_f08_mpi_group_empty
+ompi_f08_mpi_group_null
+ompi_f08_mpi_info_env
+ompi_f08_mpi_info_null
+ompi_f08_mpi_integer
+ompi_f08_mpi_integer1
+ompi_f08_mpi_integer16
+ompi_f08_mpi_integer2
+ompi_f08_mpi_integer4
+ompi_f08_mpi_integer8
+ompi_f08_mpi_land
+ompi_f08_mpi_lb
+ompi_f08_mpi_logical
+ompi_f08_mpi_logical1
+ompi_f08_mpi_logical2
+ompi_f08_mpi_logical4
+ompi_f08_mpi_logical8
+ompi_f08_mpi_lor
+ompi_f08_mpi_lxor
+ompi_f08_mpi_max
+ompi_f08_mpi_maxloc
+ompi_f08_mpi_message_no_proc
+ompi_f08_mpi_message_null
+ompi_f08_mpi_min
+ompi_f08_mpi_minloc
+ompi_f08_mpi_op_null
+ompi_f08_mpi_packed
+ompi_f08_mpi_prod
+ompi_f08_mpi_real
+ompi_f08_mpi_real16
+ompi_f08_mpi_real2
+ompi_f08_mpi_real4
+ompi_f08_mpi_real8
+ompi_f08_mpi_replace
+ompi_f08_mpi_request_null
+ompi_f08_mpi_sum
+ompi_f08_mpi_ub
+ompi_f08_mpi_win_null