diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 9d9fcc24d1..689830e7f8 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ BUSYBOX_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	SKIP_STRIP=y
 
 ifndef BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE
-	BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG))
+BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG))
 endif
 
 BUSYBOX_KCONFIG_FILE = $(BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE)