diff --git a/kernel/module/Kconfig b/kernel/module/Kconfig
index ef66cce84d61..6b5c1175faea 100644
--- a/kernel/module/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/module/Kconfig
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ config UNUSED_KSYMS_WHITELIST
 	  exported at all times, even in absence of in-tree users. The value to
 	  set here is the path to a text file containing the list of symbols,
 	  one per line. The path can be absolute, or relative to the kernel
-	  source or obj tree.
+	  source tree.
 
 config MODULES_TREE_LOOKUP
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh b/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
index e12178d677e2..653fadbad302 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fi
 
 ksym_wl=$(sed -n 's/^CONFIG_UNUSED_KSYMS_WHITELIST=\(.*\)$/\1/p' include/config/auto.conf)
 if [ -n "$ksym_wl" ]; then
-	[ "${ksym_wl}" != "${ksym_wl#/}" ] || [ -f "$ksym_wl" ] || ksym_wl="$abs_srctree/$ksym_wl"
+	[ "${ksym_wl}" != "${ksym_wl#/}" ] || ksym_wl="$abs_srctree/$ksym_wl"
 	if [ ! -f "$ksym_wl" ] || [ ! -r "$ksym_wl" ]; then
 		echo "ERROR: '$ksym_wl' whitelist file not found" >&2
 		exit 1