1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index 4dcb8867b5f4..124b341a18c0 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
                         input_mode = ask_silent;
                         valid_stdin = 1;
                 }
-        } else if (sym_change_count) {
+        } else if (conf_get_changed()) {
                 name = getenv("KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE");
                 if (name && *name) {
                         fprintf(stderr, _("\n*** Kernel configuration requires explicit update.\n\n"));