2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/ast.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/ast.py
index 7cef3d0373..eae840fa8d 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/ast.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/ast.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def handleBBHandlers(statements, filename, lineno, m):
 
 def handleInherit(statements, filename, lineno, m):
     classes = m.group(1)
-    statements.append(InheritNode(filename, lineno, classes.split()))
+    statements.append(InheritNode(filename, lineno, classes))
 
 def finalize(fn, d, variant = None):
     all_handlers = {}
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ def multi_finalize(fn, d):
                 d.setVar("BBEXTENDVARIANT", variantmap[name])
             else:
                 d.setVar("PN", "%s-%s" % (pn, name))
-            bb.parse.BBHandler.inherit([extendedmap[name]], fn, 0, d)
+            bb.parse.BBHandler.inherit(extendedmap[name], fn, 0, d)
 
         safe_d.setVar("BBCLASSEXTEND", extended)
         _create_variants(datastores, extendedmap.keys(), extendfunc)
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py
index 125f458de7..815bce1d75 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ def supports(fn, d):
 
 def inherit(files, fn, lineno, d):
     __inherit_cache = data.getVar('__inherit_cache', d) or []
+    files = d.expand(files).split()
     for file in files:
-        file = data.expand(file, d)
         if not os.path.isabs(file) and not file.endswith(".bbclass"):
             file = os.path.join('classes', '%s.bbclass' % file)