1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index 67e0c1d13a..2d8db57c81 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ sstate_create_package () {
         if [ "$(ls -A)" ]; then
                 set +e
                 tar -czf $TFILE *
-                if [ $? -ne 0 ] && [ $? -ne 1 ]; then
+                ret=$?
+                if [ $ret -ne 0 ] && [ $ret -ne 1 ]; then
                         exit 1
                 fi
                 set -e