diff --git a/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index 48de6ba822..ae56215909 100755
--- a/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ readonly patches_repo_dir="${GOPATH}/src/${patches_repo}"
 # Default path to search patches to apply to kernel
 readonly default_patches_dir="${patches_repo_dir}/kernel/patches/"
 # Default path to search config for kata
-readonly default_kernel_config_dir="${GOPATH}/src/${kernel_config_repo}/kernel/configs/"
+readonly default_kernel_config_dir="${GOPATH}/src/${kernel_config_repo}/kernel/configs"
 #Path to kernel directory
 kernel_path=""
 #
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ setup_kernel() {
 
 	[ -n "${hypervisor_target}" ] || hypervisor_target="kvm"
 	[ -n "${arch_target}" ] || arch_target="$(uname -m)"
+	arch_target=$(arch_to_kernel "${arch_target}")
 	[ -n "${kernel_config_path}" ] || kernel_config_path=$(get_default_kernel_config "${kernel_version}" "${hypervisor_target}" "${arch_target}")
 
 	cp "${kernel_config_path}" ./.config
diff --git a/kernel/kata_config_version b/kernel/kata_config_version
index 00750edc07..b8626c4cff 100644
--- a/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3
+4