1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
index a4670f4e825a..ac92c0ded6c5 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ static int do_match(int key, struct match_state *state, int *ans)
                 state->match_direction = FIND_NEXT_MATCH_UP;
                 *ans = get_mext_match(state->pattern,
                                 state->match_direction);
-        } else if (key == KEY_BACKSPACE || key == 127) {
+        } else if (key == KEY_BACKSPACE || key == 8 || key == 127) {
                 state->pattern[strlen(state->pattern)-1] = '\0';
                 adj_match_dir(&state->match_direction);
         } else