1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index bb1f4b7533..d5798f9c48 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ python base_do_fetch() {
 addtask unpack after do_fetch
 do_unpack[dirs] = "${WORKDIR}"
 
-do_unpack[cleandirs] = "${@d.getVar('S') if d.getVar('S') != d.getVar('WORKDIR') else os.path.join('${S}', 'patches')}"
+do_unpack[cleandirs] = "${@d.getVar('S') if os.path.normpath(d.getVar('S')) != os.path.normpath(d.getVar('WORKDIR')) else os.path.join('${S}', 'patches')}"
 
 python base_do_unpack() {
     src_uri = (d.getVar('SRC_URI') or "").split()