1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index ccd45130c482..b0cbbe2e41bb 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
                 if (!out_h)
                         return 1;
         }
-        sym = sym_lookup("KERNELRELEASE", 0);
+        sym = sym_lookup("KERNELVERSION", 0);
         sym_calc_value(sym);
         time(&now);
         env = getenv("KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP");