diff --git a/include/linux/kconfig.h b/include/linux/kconfig.h
index 3a2da738c4f..56b8e5d7878 100644
--- a/include/linux/kconfig.h
+++ b/include/linux/kconfig.h
@@ -47,30 +47,19 @@
  * U-Boot add-on: Helper macros to reference to different macros
  * (CONFIG_ or CONFIG_SPL_ prefixed), depending on the build context.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-#define _IS_SPL 1
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
-#define _IS_TPL 1
-#endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_TPL_BUILD)
-#define config_val(cfg) _config_val(_IS_TPL, cfg)
-#define _config_val(x, cfg) __config_val(x, cfg)
-#define __config_val(x, cfg) ___config_val(__ARG_PLACEHOLDER_##x, cfg)
-#define ___config_val(arg1_or_junk, cfg)  \
-	____config_val(arg1_or_junk CONFIG_TPL_##cfg, CONFIG_##cfg)
-#define ____config_val(__ignored, val, ...) val
+#define _CONFIG_PREFIX TPL_
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
+#define _CONFIG_PREFIX SPL_
 #else
-#define config_val(cfg) _config_val(_IS_SPL, cfg)
-#define _config_val(x, cfg) __config_val(x, cfg)
-#define __config_val(x, cfg) ___config_val(__ARG_PLACEHOLDER_##x, cfg)
-#define ___config_val(arg1_or_junk, cfg)  \
-	____config_val(arg1_or_junk CONFIG_SPL_##cfg, CONFIG_##cfg)
-#define ____config_val(__ignored, val, ...) val
+#define _CONFIG_PREFIX
 #endif
 
+#define   config_val(cfg)       _config_val(_CONFIG_PREFIX, cfg)
+#define  _config_val(pfx, cfg) __config_val(pfx, cfg)
+#define __config_val(pfx, cfg) CONFIG_ ## pfx ## cfg
+
 /*
  * CONFIG_VAL(FOO) evaluates to the value of
  *  CONFIG_FOO if CONFIG_SPL_BUILD is undefined,