diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index db03e2f45de4202496f466b8ad5b9418690de09f..18a233d27a8d2c6212d3cc8efe83ff86091fbec9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int conf_string(struct menu *menu)
 		printf("%*s%s ", indent - 1, "", menu->prompt->text);
 		printf("(%s) ", sym->name);
 		def = sym_get_string_value(sym);
-		if (sym_get_string_value(sym))
+		if (def)
 			printf("[%s] ", def);
 		if (!conf_askvalue(sym, def))
 			return 0;