diff --git a/scripts/config b/scripts/config
index bb4d3deb6d1c0add7815115a14a574212c0f3d90..a65ecbbdd32a90fbadf50aa9622ce555294cf350 100755
--- a/scripts/config
+++ b/scripts/config
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
 		;;
 	--refresh)
 		;;
-	--*-after)
+	--*-after|-E|-D|-M)
 		checkarg "$1"
 		A=$ARG
 		checkarg "$2"
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c
index 48d382e7e3746bebd850114d4f7557dbc37c49db..38cd69c5660e5163bfc402617de0d702e3372bd6 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c
@@ -303,10 +303,11 @@ int dialog_menu(const char *title, const char *prompt,
 				}
 		}
 
-		if (i < max_choice ||
-		    key == KEY_UP || key == KEY_DOWN ||
-		    key == '-' || key == '+' ||
-		    key == KEY_PPAGE || key == KEY_NPAGE) {
+		if (item_count() != 0 &&
+		    (i < max_choice ||
+		     key == KEY_UP || key == KEY_DOWN ||
+		     key == '-' || key == '+' ||
+		     key == KEY_PPAGE || key == KEY_NPAGE)) {
 			/* Remove highligt of current item */
 			print_item(scroll + choice, choice, FALSE);
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
index 387dc8daf7b2d43ff96b735f6bd60b4c650f85a8..a69cbd78fb38e62f3f6c3978ef6a3935551aaabc 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
@@ -670,11 +670,12 @@ static void conf(struct menu *menu, struct menu *active_menu)
 				  active_menu, &s_scroll);
 		if (res == 1 || res == KEY_ESC || res == -ERRDISPLAYTOOSMALL)
 			break;
-		if (!item_activate_selected())
-			continue;
-		if (!item_tag())
-			continue;
-
+		if (item_count() != 0) {
+			if (!item_activate_selected())
+				continue;
+			if (!item_tag())
+				continue;
+		}
 		submenu = item_data();
 		active_menu = item_data();
 		if (submenu)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
index b5c7d90df9df801dac0ca12d64b609e686e74b62..fd3f0180e08fbafb537e128c9e46641288c68774 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
@@ -146,11 +146,24 @@ struct property *menu_add_prop(enum prop_type type, char *prompt, struct expr *e
 			struct menu *menu = current_entry;
 
 			while ((menu = menu->parent) != NULL) {
+				struct expr *dup_expr;
+
 				if (!menu->visibility)
 					continue;
+				/*
+				 * Do not add a reference to the
+				 * menu's visibility expression but
+				 * use a copy of it.  Otherwise the
+				 * expression reduction functions
+				 * will modify expressions that have
+				 * multiple references which can
+				 * cause unwanted side effects.
+				 */
+				dup_expr = expr_copy(menu->visibility);
+
 				prop->visible.expr
 					= expr_alloc_and(prop->visible.expr,
-							 menu->visibility);
+							 dup_expr);
 			}
 		}