diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 72b9ec6b1f41..d5cd8d8bf2a4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8cab77a2f851363e35089b9720373b964f64550e
+refs/heads/master: dc9a49a4af9cdbe3d79183eefb12372b4dbc09c2
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/trunk/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index b0cbbe2e41bb..1b8882ddbc74 100644
--- a/trunk/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/trunk/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
 		out_h = fopen(".tmpconfig.h", "w");
 		if (!out_h)
 			return 1;
+		file_write_dep(NULL);
 	}
 	sym = sym_lookup("KERNELVERSION", 0);
 	sym_calc_value(sym);
@@ -512,7 +513,6 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
 	if (out_h) {
 		fclose(out_h);
 		rename(".tmpconfig.h", "include/linux/autoconf.h");
-		file_write_dep(NULL);
 	}
 	if (!name || basename != conf_def_filename) {
 		if (!name)