diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 85b9065..186c466 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@
 
 # if no path is given, then use src directory to find file
 ifdef LSMOD
-LSMOD_F = $(shell if [ `basename $(LSMOD)` == $(LSMOD) ]; then \
-		echo $(objtree)/$(LSMOD);			\
-	else							\
-		echo $(LSMOD);					\
-	fi)
+LSMOD_F := $(LSMOD)
+ifeq ($(findstring /,$(LSMOD)),)
+  LSMOD_F := $(objtree)/$(LSMOD)
+endif
 endif
 
 localmodconfig: $(obj)/streamline_config.pl $(obj)/conf