1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass b/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass
index 1d5c8b3bc1..d0cc5b1ca2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def convert_license_to_spdx(lic, document, d, existing={}):
             extracted_info.extractedText = "Software released to the public domain"
         elif name in available_licenses:
             # This license can be found in COMMON_LICENSE_DIR or LICENSE_PATH
-            for directory in [d.getVar('COMMON_LICENSE_DIR')] + d.getVar('LICENSE_PATH').split():
+            for directory in [d.getVar('COMMON_LICENSE_DIR')] + (d.getVar('LICENSE_PATH') or '').split():
                 try:
                     with (Path(directory) / name).open(errors="replace") as f:
                         extracted_info.extractedText = f.read()
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ def convert_license_to_spdx(lic, document, d, existing={}):
 
     return ' '.join(convert(l) for l in lic_split)
 
-
 def process_sources(d):
     pn = d.getVar('PN')
     assume_provided = (d.getVar("ASSUME_PROVIDED") or "").split()