1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index cf946a6874..ae4ed4fae4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ IMAGE_CMD_squashfs-lzo = "mksquashfs ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAM
 # In practice, it turned out to be not needed when creating archives and
 # required when extracting, but it seems prudent to use it in both cases.
 IMAGE_CMD_TAR ?= "tar"
-IMAGE_CMD_tar = "${IMAGE_CMD_TAR} -cvf ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.tar -C ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ."
+# ignore return code 1 "file changed as we read it" as other tasks(e.g. do_image_wic) may be hardlinking rootfs
+IMAGE_CMD_tar = "${IMAGE_CMD_TAR} -cf ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.tar -C ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} . || [ $? -eq 1 ]"
 
 do_image_cpio[cleandirs] += "${WORKDIR}/cpio_append"
 IMAGE_CMD_cpio () {