1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c b/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
index abee55ca6174..11f7dab94715 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ void menu__xgettext(void)
         struct message *m = message__list;
 
         while (m != NULL) {
-                message__print_gettext_msgid_msgstr(m);
+                /* skip empty lines ("") */
+                if (strlen(m->msg) > sizeof("\"\""))
+                        message__print_gettext_msgid_msgstr(m);
                 m = m->next;
         }
 }