1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/util.c b/scripts/kconfig/util.c
index 703ee4904613..a365594770d9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/util.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/util.c
@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@
 struct file *file_lookup(const char *name)
 {
         struct file *file;
-        char *file_name = sym_expand_string_value(name);
 
         for (file = file_list; file; file = file->next) {
                 if (!strcmp(name, file->name)) {
-                        free(file_name);
                         return file;
                 }
         }
 
         file = xmalloc(sizeof(*file));
         memset(file, 0, sizeof(*file));
-        file->name = file_name;
+        file->name = xstrdup(name);
         file->next = file_list;
         file_list = file;
         return file;