diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/files/configs/.empty b/recipes-kernel/linux/files/configs/empty
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes-kernel/linux/files/configs/.empty
rename to recipes-kernel/linux/files/configs/empty
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/multi-kernel.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/multi-kernel.inc
index 584c6e57..12f2284e 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/multi-kernel.inc
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/multi-kernel.inc
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ do_compileconfigs () {
 
   # fixup for fetcher change
   if [ -e ${WORKDIR}/configs/configs ] ; then
-      if [ -e ${WORKDIR}/configs/configs/.empty ] ; then
-          mv ${WORKDIR}/configs/configs/.empty ${WORKDIR}/configs/
+      if [ -e ${WORKDIR}/configs/configs/empty ] ; then
+          mv ${WORKDIR}/configs/configs/empty ${WORKDIR}/configs/
       fi
       mv ${WORKDIR}/configs/configs/* ${WORKDIR}/configs/
       rm -rf ${WORKDIR}/configs/configs
   fi
 
   # Compile and Install additional kernel configs if found
-  if [ -e ${WORKDIR}/configs/.empty ] ; then
+  if [ -e ${WORKDIR}/configs/empty ] ; then
        echo "No configs found in configs/ directory, skipping to regular build"
   else
       echo "Multiple configs found, building those first"