diff --git a/linux-tkg-config/prepare b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
index 0c96497..e07c11f 100644
--- a/linux-tkg-config/prepare
+++ b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ _setup_kernel_work_folder() {
     msg2 "First initialization of the linux source code git folder"
     mkdir -p "$_kernel_source_folder_abs"
     cd "$_kernel_source_folder_abs"
-    git init --bare
+    git -c init.defaultBranch=master init --bare
   fi
 
   cd "$_kernel_source_folder_abs"