diff --git a/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py b/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
index 1548f9ce4682..b9b0f15e5880 100755
--- a/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
+++ b/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def check_symbols_helper(pool, ignore):
         if REGEX_FILE_KCONFIG.match(gitfile):
             kconfig_files.append(gitfile)
         else:
-            if ignore and not re.match(ignore, gitfile):
+            if ignore and re.match(ignore, gitfile):
                 continue
             # add source files that do not match the ignore pattern
             source_files.append(gitfile)