2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py
index df6ed91052..a389c6a28e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py
@@ -73,11 +73,10 @@ def get_layers(layers):
         try:
             repo = Repo(layer, search_parent_directories=True)
             revision, branch = repo.head.object.name_rev.split()
-            layer_dict[layer_name]['branch'] = branch
-            layer_dict[layer_name]['revision'] = revision
         except (InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError):
-            layer_dict[layer_name]['branch'] = 'unknown'
-            layer_dict[layer_name]['revision'] = 'unknown'
+            continue
+        layer_dict[layer_name]['branch'] = branch
+        layer_dict[layer_name]['revision'] = revision
     return layer_dict
 
 def write_metadata_file(file_path, metadata):
diff --git a/scripts/oe-selftest b/scripts/oe-selftest
index c3c491f20a..78806a6a22 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-selftest
+++ b/scripts/oe-selftest
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ def main():
             r_branches = set(r_branches.replace('origin/', '').split())
             l_branches = {str(branch) for branch in repo.branches}
             branch = '%s/%s/%s' % (metadata['hostname'],
-                                   metadata['layers']['meta']['branch'],
+                                   metadata['layers']['meta'].get('branch', '(nogit)'),
                                    metadata['machine'])
 
             if branch in l_branches:
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ def main():
             layer_info = ''
             for layer, values in metadata['layers'].items():
                 layer_info = '%s%-17s = %s:%s\n' % (layer_info, layer,
-                              values['branch'], values['revision'])
+                              values.get('branch', '(nogit)'), values.get('revision', '0'*40))
             msg = 'Selftest for build %s of %s for machine %s on %s\n\n%s' % (
                    log_prefix[12:], metadata['distro']['pretty_name'],
                    metadata['machine'], metadata['hostname'], layer_info)