1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
index 7b62b7e7b8..f364a45283 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
@@ -953,12 +953,17 @@ def modify(args, config, basepath, workspace):
 
             if bb.data.inherits_class('kernel', rd):
                 f.write('SRCTREECOVEREDTASKS = "do_validate_branches do_kernel_checkout '
-                        'do_fetch do_unpack do_kernel_configme do_kernel_configcheck"\n')
+                        'do_fetch do_unpack do_kernel_configcheck"\n')
                 f.write('\ndo_patch[noexec] = "1"\n')
                 f.write('\ndo_configure_append() {\n'
                         '    cp ${B}/.config ${S}/.config.baseline\n'
                         '    ln -sfT ${B}/.config ${S}/.config.new\n'
                         '}\n')
+                f.write('\ndo_kernel_configme_prepend() {\n'
+                        '    if [ -e ${S}/.config ]; then\n'
+                        '        mv ${S}/.config ${S}/.config.old\n'
+                        '    fi\n'
+                        '}\n')
             if rd.getVarFlag('do_menuconfig','task'):
                 f.write('\ndo_configure_append() {\n'
                 '    if [ ! ${DEVTOOL_DISABLE_MENUCONFIG} ]; then\n'