diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
index 343a56863660..4606cdfb859d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ sub read_kconfig {
 
     my $state = "NONE";
     my $config;
-    my @kconfigs;
 
     my $cont = 0;
     my $line;
@@ -190,7 +189,13 @@ sub read_kconfig {
 
 	# collect any Kconfig sources
 	if (/^source\s*"(.*)"/) {
-	    $kconfigs[$#kconfigs+1] = $1;
+	    my $kconfig = $1;
+	    # prevent reading twice.
+	    if (!defined($read_kconfigs{$kconfig})) {
+		$read_kconfigs{$kconfig} = 1;
+		read_kconfig($kconfig);
+	    }
+	    next;
 	}
 
 	# configs found
@@ -250,14 +255,6 @@ sub read_kconfig {
 	}
     }
     close($kinfile);
-
-    # read in any configs that were found.
-    foreach my $kconfig (@kconfigs) {
-	if (!defined($read_kconfigs{$kconfig})) {
-	    $read_kconfigs{$kconfig} = 1;
-	    read_kconfig($kconfig);
-	}
-    }
 }
 
 if ($kconfig) {