diff --git a/scripts/diffconfig.sh b/scripts/diffconfig.sh
index 1f5258559c..e1d605d6e5 100755
--- a/scripts/diffconfig.sh
+++ b/scripts/diffconfig.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 grep \^CONFIG_TARGET_ .config | head -n3 > tmp/.diffconfig.head
 ./scripts/config/conf -D tmp/.diffconfig.head -w tmp/.diffconfig.stage1 Config.in >/dev/null
-./scripts/kconfig.pl '>' tmp/.diffconfig.stage1 .config >> tmp/.diffconfig.head
+./scripts/kconfig.pl '>+' tmp/.diffconfig.stage1 .config >> tmp/.diffconfig.head
 ./scripts/config/conf -D tmp/.diffconfig.head -w tmp/.diffconfig.stage2 Config.in >/dev/null
 ./scripts/kconfig.pl '>' tmp/.diffconfig.stage2 .config >> tmp/.diffconfig.head
 cat tmp/.diffconfig.head