diff --git a/linux-tkg-config/prepare b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
index 6718331..e2fd80a 100644
--- a/linux-tkg-config/prepare
+++ b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
@@ -1372,6 +1372,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES=y\r
         ln -s "$_where"/../community-patches/linux"$_basever"-tkg/$_p "$_where"/linux"$_basever"-tkg-userpatches/$_p
       else
         warning "Ignoring '$_p' community patch already present in the userpatches dir"
+        _community_patches=(${_community_patches[@]/$_p})
       fi
     done
   fi