diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
index 46ca62d4ffab..95984db8e1e0 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ my $uname = `uname -r`;
 chomp $uname;
 
 my @searchconfigs = (
+	{
+	    "file" => ".config",
+	    "exec" => "cat",
+	},
 	{
 	    "file" => "/proc/config.gz",
 	    "exec" => "zcat",
@@ -82,10 +86,6 @@ my @searchconfigs = (
 	    "exec" => "scripts/extract-ikconfig",
 	    "test" => "scripts/extract-ikconfig",
 	},
-	{
-	    "file" => ".config",
-	    "exec" => "cat",
-	},
 );
 
 sub find_config {