--- linux-info.eclass.getfilevar	2005-12-31 17:35:38.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-info.eclass	2006-01-11 01:25:57.000000000 -0800
@@ -288,9 +288,18 @@
 
 		KV_LOCAL="$(get_localversion ${KV_OUT_DIR})"
 	fi
-	# and if we STILL haven't got it, then we better just set it to KV_DIR
+	# and if we STILL have not got it, then we better just set it to KV_DIR
 	KV_OUT_DIR="${KV_OUT_DIR:-${KV_DIR}}"
 
+	if [ ! -s "${KV_OUT_DIR}/.config" ]
+	then
+		qeerror "Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory."
+		qeerror "Please ensure that ${KERNEL_DIR} points to a configured set of Linux sources."
+		qeerror "If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so that"
+		qeerror "it points to the necessary object directory so that it might find .config."
+		return 1
+	fi
+
 	KV_LOCAL="${KV_LOCAL}$(get_localversion ${KV_DIR})"
 	KV_LOCAL="${KV_LOCAL}$(linux_chkconfig_string LOCALVERSION)"
 	KV_LOCAL="${KV_LOCAL//\"/}"
@@ -301,15 +310,6 @@
 	qeinfo "Found sources for kernel version:"
 	qeinfo "    ${KV_FULL}"
 
-	if [ ! -s "${KV_OUT_DIR}/.config" ]
-	then
-		qeerror "Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory."
-		qeerror "Please ensure that ${KERNEL_DIR} points to a configured set of Linux sources."
-		qeerror "If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so that"
-		qeerror "it points to the necessary object directory so that it might find .config."
-		return 1
-	fi
-
 	return 0
 }