diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 680279c9e6..91a5fb8d81 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL),y)
 ifeq ($(wildcard $(KERNEL_SOURCE_CONFIG)),)
 $(error Configuration file '$(KERNEL_SOURCE_CONFIG)' not found.)
 endif
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(call KCONFIG_GET_OPT,CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO,$(KERNEL_SOURCE_CONFIG)),y)
 LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += host-lzop
@@ -177,7 +178,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(call KCONFIG_GET_OPT,CONFIG_RD_LZO,$(KERNEL_SOURCE_CONFIG)),y)
 LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += host-lzop
 endif
-endif
 
 define LINUX_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 $(KERNEL_SOURCE_CONFIG) $(KERNEL_ARCH_PATH)/configs/buildroot_defconfig