diff --git a/build/tasks/kernel.mk b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
index fe6f385..11beccf 100644
--- a/build/tasks/kernel.mk
+++ b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012 The CyanogenMod Project
-#           (C) 2017-2020 The LineageOS Project
+#           (C) 2017-2022 The LineageOS Project
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 $(KERNEL_OUT):
 	mkdir -p $(KERNEL_OUT)
 
-$(KERNEL_CONFIG): $(ALL_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_SRCS)
+$(KERNEL_CONFIG): $(KERNEL_OUT) $(ALL_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_SRCS)
 	@echo "Building Kernel Config"
 	$(call make-kernel-target,VARIANT_DEFCONFIG=$(VARIANT_DEFCONFIG) SELINUX_DEFCONFIG=$(SELINUX_DEFCONFIG) $(KERNEL_DEFCONFIG))
 	$(hide) if [ ! -z "$(KERNEL_CONFIG_OVERRIDE)" ]; then \