diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 32e8c5a227c3a28bab34514da98e1491d057bef4..fa1a7d565903075ef39d12ba69ecf580b3c37de9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext $(obj)/gconf.glade.h
 	    --output $(obj)/config.pot
 	$(Q)sed -i s/CHARSET/UTF-8/ $(obj)/config.pot
 	$(Q)ln -fs Kconfig.i386 arch/um/Kconfig.arch
-	$(Q)(for i in `ls arch/`;                        \
+	$(Q)(for i in `ls arch/*/Kconfig`;               \
 	    do                                           \
 		echo "  GEN $$i";                        \
-		$(obj)/kxgettext arch/$$i/Kconfig        \
+		$(obj)/kxgettext $$i                     \
 		     >> $(obj)/config.pot;               \
 	    done )
 	$(Q)msguniq --sort-by-file --to-code=UTF-8 $(obj)/config.pot \