1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 75bb1a99c1..5cf0677957 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ def check_sanity(e):
         checkfile = os.path.join(tmpdir, "saved_tmpdir")
         if os.path.exists(checkfile):
                 f = file(checkfile, "r")
-                if (f.read().strip() != tmpdir):
+                saved_tmpdir = f.read().strip()
+                if (saved_tmpdir != tmpdir):
                         messages = messages + "Error, TMPDIR has changed location. You need to either move it back to %s or rebuild\n" % saved_tmpdir
         else:
                 f = file(checkfile, "w")