diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped b/scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped
index a065d5a57c0..bed0f4e2d2f 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped
@@ -1275,6 +1275,11 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 32:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
 {
+		while (zconfleng) {
+			if ((zconftext[zconfleng-1] != ' ') && (zconftext[zconfleng-1] != '\t'))
+				break;
+			zconfleng--;
+		}
 		append_string(zconftext, zconfleng);
 		if (!first_ts)
 			first_ts = last_ts;
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
index 187d38ccadd..4cea5c85cd0 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ n	[A-Za-z0-9_]
 		append_string("\n", 1);
 	}
 	[^ \t\n].* {
+		while (yyleng) {
+			if ((yytext[yyleng-1] != ' ') && (yytext[yyleng-1] != '\t'))
+				break;
+			yyleng--;
+		}
 		append_string(yytext, yyleng);
 		if (!first_ts)
 			first_ts = last_ts;