diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a05ea42..0b09ba5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@
 # Run depmod only if we have System.map and depmod is executable
 quiet_cmd_depmod = DEPMOD  $(KERNELRELEASE)
       cmd_depmod = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/depmod.sh $(DEPMOD) \
-                   $(KERNELRELEASE) "$(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX))"
+                   $(KERNELRELEASE) "$(patsubst y,_,$(CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX))"
 
 # Create temporary dir for module support files
 # clean it up only when building all modules