diff --git a/utils/generate-defconfig.sh b/utils/generate-defconfig.sh
index 76f7af59..b4ff2bb5 100755
--- a/utils/generate-defconfig.sh
+++ b/utils/generate-defconfig.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ check_file "$base" "Base config"
 check_file "$changes" "Changes config"
 
 TMPDIR=`mktemp -d`
-$MERGE_CONFIG -O "$TMPDIR" -n "$base" "$changes"
+$MERGE_CONFIG -O "$TMPDIR" "$base" "$changes"
 O="$TMPDIR" make savedefconfig
 mv "$TMPDIR"/defconfig "$output"
 rm -r "$TMPDIR"