diff --git a/src/cmd/6g/obj.c b/src/cmd/6g/obj.c
index e060f0691b1..c44e6f6a4e7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/6g/obj.c
+++ b/src/cmd/6g/obj.c
@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@ out:
 }
 
 void
-dumpsigt(Type *t0, Sym *s)
+dumpsigt(Type *t0, Type *t, Sym *s)
 {
-	Type *f, *t;
+	Type *f;
 	Sym *s1;
 	int o;
 	Sig *a, *b;
@@ -623,12 +623,6 @@ dumpsigt(Type *t0, Sym *s)
 
 	at.sym = s;
 
-	t = t0;
-	if(isptr[t->etype] && t->type->sym != S) {
-		t = t->type;
-		expandmeth(t->sym, t);
-	}
-
 	a = nil;
 	o = 0;
 	for(f=t->method; f!=T; f=f->down) {
@@ -815,7 +809,7 @@ dumpsignatures(void)
 {
 	int et;
 	Dcl *d, *x;
-	Type *t;
+	Type *t, *t0;
 	Sym *s, *s1;
 	Prog *p;
 
@@ -893,22 +887,27 @@ dumpsignatures(void)
 		// don't emit non-trivial signatures for types defined outside this file.
 		// non-trivial signatures might also drag in generated trampolines,
 		// and ar can't handle duplicates of the trampolines.
-		s1 = S;
-		if(isptr[et] && t->type != T) {
-			s1 = t->type->sym;
-			if(s1 && !t->type->local)
-				continue;
-		}
-		else if(et == TINTER) {
-			s1 = t->sym;
-			if(s1 && !t->local)
+		// only pay attention to types with symbols, because
+		// the ... structs and maybe other internal structs
+		// don't get marked as local.
+
+		// interface is easy
+		if(et == TINTER) {
+			if(t->sym && !t->local)
 				continue;
+			dumpsigi(t, s);
+			continue;
 		}
 
-		if(et == TINTER)
-			dumpsigi(t, s);
-		else
-			dumpsigt(t, s);
+		// if there's a pointer, methods are on base.
+		t0 = t;
+		if(isptr[et] && t->type->sym != S) {
+			t = t->type;
+			expandmeth(t->sym, t);
+		}
+		if(t->method && t->sym && !t->local)
+			continue;
+		dumpsigt(t0, t, s);
 	}
 
 	if(stringo > 0) {