1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index c85233c7a6..6c4a6739f2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -215,9 +215,10 @@ python do_populate_lic() {
         if spdx_generic and license_source:
             # we really should copy to generic_ + spdx_generic, however, that ends up messing the manifest
             # audit up. This should be fixed in emit_pkgdata (or, we actually got and fix all the recipes)
-            ret = bb.copyfile(os.path.join(license_source, spdx_generic), os.path.join(os.path.join(d.getVar('LICSSTATEDIR', True), pn), "generic_" + license_type))
+
+            bb.copyfile(os.path.join(license_source, spdx_generic), os.path.join(os.path.join(d.getVar('LICSSTATEDIR', True), pn), "generic_" + license_type))
+            if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.path.join(d.getVar('LICSSTATEDIR', True), pn), "generic_" + license_type)):
             # If the copy didn't occur, something horrible went wrong and we fail out
-            if not ret:
                 bb.warn("%s for %s could not be copied for some reason. It may not exist. WARN for now." % (spdx_generic, pn))
         else:
             # And here is where we warn people that their licenses are lousy