1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 042d74c17b..297d962266 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def do_split_packages(d, root, file_regex, output_pattern, description, postinst
     # If the root directory doesn't exist, don't error out later but silently do
     # no splitting.
     if not os.path.exists(dvar + root):
-        return
+        return []
 
     ml = d.getVar("MLPREFIX", True)
     if ml: