diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index 668a11a8b383..6bc7e7cfccf6 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@
  * the dependency on linux/autoconf.h by a dependency on every config
  * option which is mentioned in any of the listed prequisites.
  *
- * To be exact, split-include populates a tree in include/config/,
- * e.g. include/config/his/driver.h, which contains the #define/#undef
- * for the CONFIG_HIS_DRIVER option.
+ * kconfig populates a tree in include/config/ with an empty file
+ * for each config symbol and when the configuration is updated
+ * the files representing changed config options are touched
+ * which then let make pick up the changes and the files that use
+ * the config symbols are rebuilt.
  *
  * So if the user changes his CONFIG_HIS_DRIVER option, only the objects
  * which depend on "include/linux/config/his/driver.h" will be rebuilt,
@@ -245,6 +247,8 @@ void parse_config_file(char *map, size_t len)
 		continue;
 
 	found:
+		if (!memcmp(q - 7, "_MODULE", 7))
+			q -= 7;
 		use_config(p+7, q-p-7);
 	}
 }