1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/create-spdx-2.2.bbclass b/meta/classes/create-spdx-2.2.bbclass
index 3ee1b7ee0d..b0aef80db1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/create-spdx-2.2.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/create-spdx-2.2.bbclass
@@ -1131,6 +1131,8 @@ def combine_spdx(d, rootfs_name, rootfs_deploydir, rootfs_spdxid, packages, spdx
 
                 for ref in doc.externalDocumentRefs:
                     ref_path = oe.sbom.doc_find_by_namespace(deploy_dir_spdx, package_archs, ref.spdxDocument)
+                    if not ref_path:
+                        bb.fatal("Cannot find any SPDX file for document %s" % ref.spdxDocument)
                     collect_spdx_document(ref_path)
 
             collect_spdx_document(image_spdx_path)