diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
index 7d39ff43e6e1facd64d6267cd443919b3d1c7381..1b36ef18c48d2ea04ac65d6cd9733b334b5ec621 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ struct symbol {
 #define SYMBOL_NEW		0x0800
 #define SYMBOL_AUTO		0x1000
 #define SYMBOL_CHECKED		0x2000
-#define SYMBOL_CHECK_DONE	0x4000
 #define SYMBOL_WARNED		0x8000
 
 #define SYMBOL_MAXLENGTH	256
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index affa52f5c651365d77b0866df06d81dd89a15619..10d96c4188dddc6fbbed52e2aaabddc43d3417ee 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -731,12 +731,12 @@ struct symbol *sym_check_deps(struct symbol *sym)
 	struct symbol *sym2;
 	struct property *prop;
 
-	if (sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHECK_DONE)
-		return NULL;
 	if (sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHECK) {
 		printf("Warning! Found recursive dependency: %s", sym->name);
 		return sym;
 	}
+	if (sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHECKED)
+		return NULL;
 
 	sym->flags |= (SYMBOL_CHECK | SYMBOL_CHECKED);
 	sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(sym->rev_dep.expr);
@@ -756,8 +756,13 @@ struct symbol *sym_check_deps(struct symbol *sym)
 			goto out;
 	}
 out:
-	if (sym2)
+	if (sym2) {
 		printf(" %s", sym->name);
+		if (sym2 == sym) {
+			printf("\n");
+			sym2 = NULL;
+		}
+	}
 	sym->flags &= ~SYMBOL_CHECK;
 	return sym2;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c_shipped b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c_shipped
index ff4fcc09720ecbd5303ab4c13a37efdde3eb0c98..da12f7b33be3d7e87e0cda794294a27e98c1bc9d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c_shipped
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c_shipped
@@ -1933,10 +1933,7 @@ void conf_parse(const char *name)
 		exit(1);
 	menu_finalize(&rootmenu);
 	for_all_symbols(i, sym) {
-                if (!(sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHECKED) && sym_check_deps(sym))
-                        printf("\n");
-		else
-			sym->flags |= SYMBOL_CHECK_DONE;
+		sym_check_deps(sym);
         }
 
 	sym_change_count = 1;
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
index e1a0f455d4a8decb163ff3196a0725b738279bb1..1e214e9c1d31313d4ad9bf713931a5e15d4eed9c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
@@ -495,10 +495,7 @@ void conf_parse(const char *name)
 		exit(1);
 	menu_finalize(&rootmenu);
 	for_all_symbols(i, sym) {
-                if (!(sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHECKED) && sym_check_deps(sym))
-                        printf("\n");
-		else
-			sym->flags |= SYMBOL_CHECK_DONE;
+		sym_check_deps(sym);
         }
 
 	sym_change_count = 1;