1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
index 25d5db0e5b..c5f7c03c4c 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class GitSM(Git):
                     # This has to be a file reference
                     proto = "file"
                     url = "gitsm://" + uris[module]
-            if "{}{}".format(ud.host, ud.path) in url:
+            if url.endswith("{}{}".format(ud.host, ud.path)):
                 raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Submodule refers to the parent repository. This will cause deadlock situation in current version of Bitbake." \
                                            "Consider using git fetcher instead.")