2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py b/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py
index 190ac3a078..35b88d386c 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ def parse_recipe_simple(cooker, pn, d, appends=True):
             raise bb.providers.NoProvider('Unable to find any recipe file matching %s' % pn)
     if appends:
         appendfiles = cooker.collection.get_file_appends(recipefile)
+    else:
+        appendfiles = None
     return parse_recipe(recipefile, appendfiles, d)
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index fb699b5c61..3ea38028d4 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ def parse_recipe(config, tinfoil, pn, appends):
         # Filter out appends from the workspace
         append_files = [path for path in append_files if
                         not path.startswith(config.workspace_path)]
+    else:
+        append_files = None
     return oe.recipeutils.parse_recipe(recipefile, append_files,
                                        tinfoil.config_data)