diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 17298239e363..5c2493c8e9de 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -987,14 +987,19 @@ static int conf_write_dep(const char *name)
 
 static int conf_touch_deps(void)
 {
-	const char *name;
+	const char *name, *tmp;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	int res, i;
 
-	strcpy(depfile_path, "include/config/");
-	depfile_prefix_len = strlen(depfile_path);
-
 	name = conf_get_autoconfig_name();
+	tmp = strrchr(name, '/');
+	depfile_prefix_len = tmp ? tmp - name + 1 : 0;
+	if (depfile_prefix_len + 1 > sizeof(depfile_path))
+		return -1;
+
+	strncpy(depfile_path, name, depfile_prefix_len);
+	depfile_path[depfile_prefix_len] = 0;
+
 	conf_read_simple(name, S_DEF_AUTO);
 	sym_calc_value(modules_sym);