1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
index 9fd2e08c9d..7004261ce5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ do_install() {
         # architecture (since scripts and helpers are native format).
         KBUILD_OUTPUT="$kerneldir"
         oe_runmake -C $kerneldir CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" clean _mrproper_scripts
+        # make clean generates an absolute path symlink called "source"
+        # in $kerneldir points to $kerneldir, which doesn't make any
+        # sense, so remove it.
+        if [ -L $kerneldir/source ]; then
+            bbnote "Removing $kerneldir/source symlink"
+            rm -f $kerneldir/source
+        fi
 
         # As of Linux kernel version 3.0.1, the clean target removes
         # arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o which is present in