diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 1134892599da98c84be4e69f358363609f940fab..3569d2dec37cebfc1e3eabd615d99ae706350454 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
 	const char *str;
 	char tmpname[PATH_MAX + 1], oldname[PATH_MAX + 1];
 	char *env;
+	int i;
 	bool need_newline = false;
 
 	if (!name)
@@ -930,6 +931,9 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
 	}
 	fclose(out);
 
+	for_all_symbols(i, sym)
+		sym->flags &= ~SYMBOL_WRITTEN;
+
 	if (*tmpname) {
 		if (is_same(name, tmpname)) {
 			conf_message("No change to %s", name);