diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
index df9cb12111e4..c1e4e82f56b5 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
@@ -109,7 +109,27 @@ static struct menu *current_menu, *current_entry;
 %%
 input: nl start | start;
 
-start: mainmenu_stmt stmt_list | stmt_list;
+start: mainmenu_stmt stmt_list | no_mainmenu_stmt stmt_list;
+
+/* mainmenu entry */
+
+mainmenu_stmt: T_MAINMENU prompt nl
+{
+	menu_add_prompt(P_MENU, $2, NULL);
+};
+
+/* Default main menu, if there's no mainmenu entry */
+
+no_mainmenu_stmt: /* empty */
+{
+	/*
+	 * Hack: Keep the main menu title on the heap so we can safely free it
+	 * later regardless of whether it comes from the 'prompt' in
+	 * mainmenu_stmt or here
+	 */
+	menu_add_prompt(P_MENU, strdup("Linux Kernel Configuration"), NULL);
+};
+
 
 stmt_list:
 	  /* empty */
@@ -352,13 +372,6 @@ if_block:
 	| if_block choice_stmt
 ;
 
-/* mainmenu entry */
-
-mainmenu_stmt: T_MAINMENU prompt nl
-{
-	menu_add_prompt(P_MENU, $2, NULL);
-};
-
 /* menu entry */
 
 menu: T_MENU prompt T_EOL
@@ -507,6 +520,7 @@ word_opt: /* empty */			{ $$ = NULL; }
 
 void conf_parse(const char *name)
 {
+	const char *tmp;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	int i;
 
@@ -514,7 +528,6 @@ void conf_parse(const char *name)
 
 	sym_init();
 	_menu_init();
-	rootmenu.prompt = menu_add_prompt(P_MENU, "Linux Kernel Configuration", NULL);
 
 	if (getenv("ZCONF_DEBUG"))
 		zconfdebug = 1;
@@ -524,8 +537,10 @@ void conf_parse(const char *name)
 	if (!modules_sym)
 		modules_sym = sym_find( "n" );
 
+	tmp = rootmenu.prompt->text;
 	rootmenu.prompt->text = _(rootmenu.prompt->text);
 	rootmenu.prompt->text = sym_expand_string_value(rootmenu.prompt->text);
+	free((char*)tmp);
 
 	menu_finalize(&rootmenu);
 	for_all_symbols(i, sym) {