diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 4a828bca071e..797c8bad3837 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -1124,10 +1124,12 @@ static void (*conf_changed_callback)(void);
 
 void conf_set_changed(bool val)
 {
-	if (conf_changed_callback && conf_changed != val)
-		conf_changed_callback();
+	bool changed = conf_changed != val;
 
 	conf_changed = val;
+
+	if (conf_changed_callback && changed)
+		conf_changed_callback();
 }
 
 bool conf_get_changed(void)