diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
index ab4985f7af79..fcfcb302b0d7 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ my $repeat = 1;
 # to keep on. If A was on in the original config, B would not have been
 # and B would not be turned on by this script.
 #
-sub parse_config_dep_select
+sub parse_config_depends
 {
     my ($p) = @_;
 
@@ -448,26 +448,119 @@ sub parse_config_dep_select
     }
 }
 
-while ($repeat) {
-    $repeat = 0;
+# Select is treated a bit differently than depends. We call this
+# when a config has no prompt and requires another config to be
+# selected. We use to just select all configs that selected this
+# config, but found that that can balloon into enabling hundreds
+# of configs that we do not care about.
+#
+# The idea is we look at all the configs that select it. If one
+# is already in our list of configs to enable, then there's nothing
+# else to do. If there isn't, we pick the first config that was
+# enabled in the orignal config and use that.
+sub parse_config_selects
+{
+    my ($config, $p) = @_;
 
-    foreach my $config (keys %configs) {
-	$config =~ s/^CONFIG_//;
+    my $next_config;
 
-	if (defined($depends{$config})) {
-	    # This config has dependencies. Make sure they are also included
-	    parse_config_dep_select $depends{$config};
+    while ($p =~ /[$valid]/) {
+
+	if ($p =~ /^[^$valid]*([$valid]+)/) {
+	    my $conf = "CONFIG_" . $1;
+
+	    $p =~ s/^[^$valid]*[$valid]+//;
+
+	    # Make sure that this config exists in the current .config file
+	    if (!defined($orig_configs{$conf})) {
+		next;
+	    }
+
+	    # Check if something other than a module selects this config
+	    if (defined($orig_configs{$conf}) && $orig_configs{$conf} ne "m") {
+		# we are good with this
+		return;
+	    }
+	    if (defined($configs{$conf})) {
+		# A set config selects this config, we are good
+		return;
+	    }
+	    # Set this config to be selected
+	    if (!defined($next_config)) {
+		$next_config = $conf;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    die "this should never happen";
 	}
+    }
 
-	if (defined($prompts{$config}) || !defined($selects{$config})) {
-	    next;
+    # If no possible config selected this, then something happened.
+    if (!defined($next_config)) {
+	print STDERR "WARNING: $config is required, but nothing in the\n";
+	print STDERR "  current config selects it.\n";
+	return;
+    }
+
+    # If we are here, then we found no config that is set and
+    # selects this config. Repeat.
+    $repeat = 1;
+    # Make this config need to be selected
+    $configs{$next_config} = 1;
+}
+
+my %process_selects;
+
+# loop through all configs, select their dependencies.
+sub loop_depend {
+    $repeat = 1;
+
+    while ($repeat) {
+	$repeat = 0;
+
+      forloop:
+	foreach my $config (keys %configs) {
+
+	    # If this config is not a module, we do not need to process it
+	    if (defined($orig_configs{$config}) && $orig_configs{$config} ne "m") {
+		next forloop;
+	    }
+
+	    $config =~ s/^CONFIG_//;
+
+	    if (defined($depends{$config})) {
+		# This config has dependencies. Make sure they are also included
+		parse_config_depends $depends{$config};
+	    }
+
+	    # If the config has no prompt, then we need to check if a config
+	    # that is enabled selected it. Or if we need to enable one.
+	    if (!defined($prompts{$config}) && defined($selects{$config})) {
+		$process_selects{$config} = 1;
+	    }
 	}
-
-	# config has no prompt and must be selected.
-	parse_config_dep_select $selects{$config};
     }
 }
 
+sub loop_select {
+
+    foreach my $config (keys %process_selects) {
+	$config =~ s/^CONFIG_//;
+
+	# config has no prompt and must be selected.
+	parse_config_selects $config, $selects{$config};
+    }
+}
+
+while ($repeat) {
+    # Get the first set of configs and their dependencies.
+    loop_depend;
+
+    $repeat = 0;
+
+    # Now we need to see if we have to check selects;
+    loop_select;
+}	    
+
 my %setconfigs;
 
 # Finally, read the .config file and turn off any module enabled that