diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 85b53069ba7a..946185506380 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -1141,16 +1141,14 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(int overwrite)
 }
 
 static bool conf_changed;
-static void (*conf_changed_callback)(void);
+static void (*conf_changed_callback)(bool);
 
 void conf_set_changed(bool val)
 {
-	bool changed = conf_changed != val;
+	if (conf_changed_callback && conf_changed != val)
+		conf_changed_callback(val);
 
 	conf_changed = val;
-
-	if (conf_changed_callback && changed)
-		conf_changed_callback();
 }
 
 bool conf_get_changed(void)
@@ -1158,7 +1156,7 @@ bool conf_get_changed(void)
 	return conf_changed;
 }
 
-void conf_set_changed_callback(void (*fn)(void))
+void conf_set_changed_callback(void (*fn)(bool))
 {
 	conf_changed_callback = fn;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c
index 2bf74aee5eff..baa1c512de3c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c
@@ -84,11 +84,10 @@ static void replace_button_icon(GladeXML *xml, GdkDrawable *window,
 	gtk_tool_button_set_icon_widget(button, image);
 }
 
-static void conf_changed(void)
+static void conf_changed(bool dirty)
 {
-	bool changed = conf_get_changed();
-	gtk_widget_set_sensitive(save_btn, changed);
-	gtk_widget_set_sensitive(save_menu_item, changed);
+	gtk_widget_set_sensitive(save_btn, dirty);
+	gtk_widget_set_sensitive(save_menu_item, dirty);
 }
 
 /* Main Window Initialization */
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h b/scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h
index d76aaf4ea117..c663fd8b35d2 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ int conf_write(const char *name);
 int conf_write_autoconf(int overwrite);
 void conf_set_changed(bool val);
 bool conf_get_changed(void);
-void conf_set_changed_callback(void (*fn)(void));
+void conf_set_changed_callback(void (*fn)(bool));
 void conf_set_message_callback(void (*fn)(const char *s));
 bool conf_errors(void);
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
index e62e862ea283..03fa096074b4 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
@@ -1849,10 +1849,10 @@ void ConfigMainWindow::saveSettings(void)
 	configSettings->writeSizes("/split2", split2->sizes());
 }
 
-void ConfigMainWindow::conf_changed(void)
+void ConfigMainWindow::conf_changed(bool dirty)
 {
 	if (saveAction)
-		saveAction->setEnabled(conf_get_changed());
+		saveAction->setEnabled(dirty);
 }
 
 void fixup_rootmenu(struct menu *menu)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h
index 78b0a1dfcd53..53373064d90a 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class ConfigMainWindow : public QMainWindow {
 
 	char *configname;
 	static QAction *saveAction;
-	static void conf_changed(void);
+	static void conf_changed(bool);
 public:
 	ConfigMainWindow(void);
 public slots: