diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 1f0d41cc73d164a47bfbcefa2eaff2f113aaa885..0f82314621f2e826570c4c22040ed74c73174810 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ quote   := "
 squote  := '
 empty   :=
 space   := $(empty) $(empty)
+space_escape := _-_SPACE_-_
 
 ###
 # Name of target with a '.' as filename prefix. foo/bar.o => foo/.bar.o
@@ -226,10 +227,10 @@ objectify = $(foreach o,$(1),$(if $(filter /%,$(o)),$(o),$(obj)/$(o)))
 # See Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt for more info
 
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_NOCMDDEP),1)
-# Check if both arguments has same arguments. Result is empty string if equal.
-# User may override this check using make KBUILD_NOCMDDEP=1
-arg-check = $(strip $(filter-out $(cmd_$(1)), $(cmd_$@)) \
-                    $(filter-out $(cmd_$@),   $(cmd_$(1))) )
+# Check if both arguments are the same including their order. Result is empty
+# string if equal. User may override this check using make KBUILD_NOCMDDEP=1
+arg-check = $(filter-out $(subst $(space),$(space_escape),$(strip $(cmd_$@))), \
+                         $(subst $(space),$(space_escape),$(strip $(cmd_$1))))
 else
 arg-check = $(if $(strip $(cmd_$@)),,1)
 endif
@@ -373,8 +374,6 @@ endif
 #
 ###############################################################################
 #
-space_escape := %%%SPACE%%%
-#
 define config_filename
 ifneq ($$(CONFIG_$(1)),"")
 $(1)_FILENAME := $$(subst \\,\,$$(subst \$$(quote),$$(quote),$$(subst $$(space_escape),\$$(space),$$(patsubst "%",%,$$(subst $$(space),$$(space_escape),$$(CONFIG_$(1)))))))