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diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 35e0937aa6a6..55c95e0bb48a 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -907,6 +907,10 @@ const char *sym_expand_string_value(const char *in)
char *res;
size_t reslen;
+ /*
+ * Note: 'in' might come from a token that's about to be
+ * freed, so make sure to always allocate a new string
+ */
reslen = strlen(in) + 1;
res = xmalloc(reslen);
res[0] = '\0';