1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index e88ad24cf6..f813627661 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -2171,15 +2171,16 @@ class CookerParser(object):
             self.parser_quit = multiprocessing.Event()
             self.result_queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
 
-            for jobid in range(len(self.willparse)):
-                self.toparse_queue.put(jobid)
-
+            # Have to pass in willparse at fork time so all parsing processes have the unpickleable data
+            # then access it by index from the parse queue.
             for i in range(0, self.num_processes):
                 parser = Parser(self.willparse, self.toparse_queue, self.result_queue, self.parser_quit, self.cooker.configuration.profile)
                 parser.start()
                 self.process_names.append(parser.name)
                 self.processes.append(parser)
 
+            for jobid in range(len(self.willparse)):
+                self.toparse_queue.put(jobid)
             self.toparse_queue.close()
 
             self.results = itertools.chain(self.results, self.parse_generator())