1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c b/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
index ad1cb9451a24..abee55ca6174 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ static char *escape(const char* text, char *bf, int len)
 {
         char *bfp = bf;
         int multiline = strchr(text, '\n') != NULL;
+        int eol = 0;
+        int textlen = strlen(text);
+
+        if ((textlen > 0) && (text[textlen-1] == '\n'))
+                eol = 1;
 
         *bfp++ = '"';
         --len;
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ next:
                 --len;
         }
 
-        if (multiline)
+        if (multiline && eol)
                 bfp -= 3;
 
         *bfp++ = '"';