1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
index e3687f98e0c8..62d64ce5c581 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ my @searchconfigs = (
         },
 );
 
-sub find_config {
+sub read_config {
     foreach my $conf (@searchconfigs) {
         my $file = $conf->{"file"};
 
@@ -115,17 +115,15 @@ sub find_config {
 
         print STDERR "using config: '$file'\n";
 
-        open(CIN, "$exec $file |") || die "Failed to run $exec $file";
-        return;
+        open(my $infile, '-|', "$exec $file") || die "Failed to run $exec $file";
+        my @x = <$infile>;
+        close $infile;
+        return @x;
     }
     die "No config file found";
 }
 
-find_config;
-
-# Read in the entire config file into config_file
-my @config_file = <CIN>;
-close CIN;
+my @config_file = read_config;
 
 # Parse options
 my $localmodconfig = 0;