diff --git a/scripts/make_device_config.sh b/scripts/make_device_config.sh
index 0778fe2a42..81fe94259d 100644
--- a/scripts/make_device_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_device_config.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ process_includes () {
 
 f=$src
 while [ -n "$f" ] ; do
-  f=`tr -d '\r' < $f | awk '/^include / {printf "'$src_dir'/%s", $2}'`
+  f=`cat $f | tr -d '\r' | awk '/^include / {printf "'$src_dir'/%s ", $2}'`
   [ $? = 0 ] || exit 1
   all_includes="$all_includes $f"
 done