diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 0586085136d1304eebaa43142be468e4a7f40c8c..9d067447356457545af2fd555dae386f74328b65 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -489,6 +489,17 @@ header_print_symbol(FILE *fp, struct symbol *sym, const char *value, void *arg)
 			fprintf(fp, "#define %s%s%s 1\n",
 			    CONFIG_, sym->name, suffix);
 		}
+		/*
+		 * Generate the __enabled_CONFIG_* and
+		 * __enabled_CONFIG_*_MODULE macros for use by the
+		 * IS_{ENABLED,BUILTIN,MODULE} macros. The _MODULE variant is
+		 * generated even for booleans so that the IS_ENABLED() macro
+		 * works.
+		 */
+		fprintf(fp, "#define __enabled_" CONFIG_ "%s %d\n",
+				sym->name, (*value == 'y'));
+		fprintf(fp, "#define __enabled_" CONFIG_ "%s_MODULE %d\n",
+				sym->name, (*value == 'm'));
 		break;
 	}
 	case S_HEX: {
@@ -539,35 +550,6 @@ static struct conf_printer header_printer_cb =
 	.print_comment = header_print_comment,
 };
 
-/*
- * Generate the __enabled_CONFIG_* and __enabled_CONFIG_*_MODULE macros for
- * use by the IS_{ENABLED,BUILTIN,MODULE} macros. The _MODULE variant is
- * generated even for booleans so that the IS_ENABLED() macro works.
- */
-static void
-header_print__enabled_symbol(FILE *fp, struct symbol *sym, const char *value, void *arg)
-{
-
-	switch (sym->type) {
-	case S_BOOLEAN:
-	case S_TRISTATE: {
-		fprintf(fp, "#define __enabled_" CONFIG_ "%s %d\n",
-		    sym->name, (*value == 'y'));
-		fprintf(fp, "#define __enabled_" CONFIG_ "%s_MODULE %d\n",
-		    sym->name, (*value == 'm'));
-		break;
-	}
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-}
-
-static struct conf_printer header__enabled_printer_cb =
-{
-	.print_symbol = header_print__enabled_symbol,
-	.print_comment = header_print_comment,
-};
-
 /*
  * Tristate printer
  *
@@ -949,16 +931,11 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
 	conf_write_heading(out_h, &header_printer_cb, NULL);
 
 	for_all_symbols(i, sym) {
-		if (!sym->name)
-			continue;
-
 		sym_calc_value(sym);
-
-		conf_write_symbol(out_h, sym, &header__enabled_printer_cb, NULL);
-
-		if (!(sym->flags & SYMBOL_WRITE))
+		if (!(sym->flags & SYMBOL_WRITE) || !sym->name)
 			continue;
 
+		/* write symbol to auto.conf, tristate and header files */
 		conf_write_symbol(out, sym, &kconfig_printer_cb, (void *)1);
 
 		conf_write_symbol(tristate, sym, &tristate_printer_cb, (void *)1);