diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
index da66e7742282a65eb8457d3427b5bfab7f950415..0ef906499646b57293bb85dea54234c601bfcafa 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ if [ ! -r "$INITFILE" ]; then
 fi
 
 MERGE_LIST=$*
-SED_CONFIG_EXP="s/^\(# \)\{0,1\}\(${CONFIG_PREFIX}[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)[= ].*/\2/p"
+SED_CONFIG_EXP1="s/^\(${CONFIG_PREFIX}[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)=.*/\1/p"
+SED_CONFIG_EXP2="s/^# \(${CONFIG_PREFIX}[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\) is not set$/\1/p"
 
 TMP_FILE=$(mktemp ./.tmp.config.XXXXXXXXXX)
 
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ for MERGE_FILE in $MERGE_LIST ; do
 		echo "The merge file '$MERGE_FILE' does not exist.  Exit." >&2
 		exit 1
 	fi
-	CFG_LIST=$(sed -n "$SED_CONFIG_EXP" $MERGE_FILE)
+	CFG_LIST=$(sed -n -e "$SED_CONFIG_EXP1" -e "$SED_CONFIG_EXP2" $MERGE_FILE)
 
 	for CFG in $CFG_LIST ; do
 		grep -q -w $CFG $TMP_FILE || continue
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=$TMP_FILE $OUTPUT_ARG $ALLTARGET
 
 
 # Check all specified config values took (might have missed-dependency issues)
-for CFG in $(sed -n "$SED_CONFIG_EXP" $TMP_FILE); do
+for CFG in $(sed -n -e "$SED_CONFIG_EXP1" -e "$SED_CONFIG_EXP2" $TMP_FILE); do
 
 	REQUESTED_VAL=$(grep -w -e "$CFG" $TMP_FILE)
 	ACTUAL_VAL=$(grep -w -e "$CFG" "$KCONFIG_CONFIG")