1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta-oe/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta-oe/classes/kernel.bbclass
index edf455d8e..862913370 100644
--- a/meta-oe/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta-oe/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ sysroot_stage_all_append() {
 kernel_do_configure() {
         # Copy defconfig to .config if .config does not exist. This allows
         # recipes to manage the .config themselves in do_configure_prepend().
-        if [ -f "${WORKDIR}/defconfig" ] && [ ! -f "${S}/.config" ]; then
-                cp "${WORKDIR}/defconfig" "${S}/.config"
+        if [ -f "${WORKDIR}/defconfig" ] && [ ! -f "${B}/.config" ]; then
+                cp "${WORKDIR}/defconfig" "${B}/.config"
         fi
 
         yes '' | oe_runmake oldconfig