1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
index ed4af2054a..3f2f9a4f4f 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ def appendsrc(args, files, rd):
     for newfile, srcfile in files.iteritems():
         src_destdir = os.path.dirname(srcfile)
         if not args.use_workdir:
+            if rd.getVar('S', True) == rd.getVar('STAGING_KERNEL_DIR', True):
+                srcdir = os.path.join(workdir, 'git')
+                if not bb.data.inherits_class('kernel-yocto', rd):
+                    logger.warn('S == STAGING_KERNEL_DIR and non-kernel-yocto, unable to determine path to srcdir, defaulting to ${WORKDIR}/git')
             src_destdir = os.path.join(os.path.relpath(srcdir, workdir), src_destdir)
         src_destdir = os.path.normpath(src_destdir)