diff --git a/kconfig/menu.c b/kconfig/menu.c
index bfd78001..a5fbd6cc 100644
--- a/kconfig/menu.c
+++ b/kconfig/menu.c
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ void menu_add_entry(struct symbol *sym)
 struct menu *menu_add_menu(void)
 {
 	last_entry_ptr = &current_entry->list;
-	return current_menu = current_entry;
+	current_menu = current_entry;
+	return current_menu;
 }
 
 void menu_end_menu(void)
@@ -157,13 +158,7 @@ struct property *menu_add_prompt(enum prop_type type, char *prompt,
 {
 	struct property *prop = menu_add_prop(type, NULL, dep);
 
-	/* For crostool-NG, a leading pipe followed with spaces
-	 * means that pipe shall be removed, and the spaces should
-	 * not be trimmed.
-	 */
-	if (*prompt == '|')
-		prompt++;
-	else if (isspace(*prompt)) {
+	if (isspace(*prompt)) {
 		prop_warn(prop, "leading whitespace ignored");
 		while (isspace(*prompt))
 			prompt++;
diff --git a/kconfig/parser.y b/kconfig/parser.y
index 708b6c4b..190f1117 100644
--- a/kconfig/parser.y
+++ b/kconfig/parser.y
@@ -119,20 +119,24 @@ mainmenu_stmt: T_MAINMENU T_WORD_QUOTE T_EOL
 
 stmt_list:
 	  /* empty */
-	| stmt_list common_stmt
+	| stmt_list assignment_stmt
 	| stmt_list choice_stmt
+	| stmt_list comment_stmt
+	| stmt_list config_stmt
+	| stmt_list if_stmt
 	| stmt_list menu_stmt
+	| stmt_list menuconfig_stmt
+	| stmt_list source_stmt
 	| stmt_list T_WORD error T_EOL	{ zconf_error("unknown statement \"%s\"", $2); }
 	| stmt_list error T_EOL		{ zconf_error("invalid statement"); }
 ;
 
-common_stmt:
-	  if_stmt
-	| comment_stmt
-	| config_stmt
-	| menuconfig_stmt
-	| source_stmt
-	| assignment_stmt
+stmt_list_in_choice:
+	  /* empty */
+	| stmt_list_in_choice comment_stmt
+	| stmt_list_in_choice config_stmt
+	| stmt_list_in_choice if_stmt_in_choice
+	| stmt_list_in_choice error T_EOL	{ zconf_error("invalid statement"); }
 ;
 
 /* config/menuconfig entry */
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ choice_end: end
 	}
 };
 
-choice_stmt: choice_entry choice_block choice_end
+choice_stmt: choice_entry stmt_list_in_choice choice_end
 ;
 
 choice_option_list:
@@ -305,11 +309,6 @@ default:
 	| T_DEF_BOOL		{ $$ = S_BOOLEAN; }
 	| T_DEF_TRISTATE	{ $$ = S_TRISTATE; }
 
-choice_block:
-	  /* empty */
-	| choice_block common_stmt
-;
-
 /* if entry */
 
 if_entry: T_IF expr T_EOL
@@ -331,6 +330,9 @@ if_end: end
 if_stmt: if_entry stmt_list if_end
 ;
 
+if_stmt_in_choice: if_entry stmt_list_in_choice if_end
+;
+
 /* menu entry */
 
 menu: T_MENU T_WORD_QUOTE T_EOL
diff --git a/kconfig/symbol.c b/kconfig/symbol.c
index 3dc81397..9363e37b 100644
--- a/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ struct symbol *sym_lookup(const char *name, int flags)
 	memset(symbol, 0, sizeof(*symbol));
 	symbol->name = new_name;
 	symbol->type = S_UNKNOWN;
-	symbol->flags |= flags;
+	symbol->flags = flags;
 
 	symbol->next = symbol_hash[hash];
 	symbol_hash[hash] = symbol;