diff --git a/scripts/generate-patched-kernel b/scripts/generate-patched-kernel
index a0cbdbb96..2faba70fd 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-patched-kernel
+++ b/scripts/generate-patched-kernel
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ script_dir="$(dirname $0)"
 if [ "${script_dir#/}" = "${script_dir}" ]; then
   script_dir="$PWD/$script_dir"
 fi
+scriptdir="${scriptdir%/.}"
 scst_dir="$(dirname "${script_dir}")"
 
 source "${script_dir}/kernel-functions"