1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py
index fa93adf181..41b666ff96 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import logging
-from devtool import exec_fakeroot, setup_tinfoil, DevtoolError
+from devtool import exec_fakeroot, setup_tinfoil, check_workspace_recipe, DevtoolError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('devtool')
 
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ def deploy(args, config, basepath, workspace):
     import re
     import oe.recipeutils
 
-    if not args.recipename in workspace:
-        raise DevtoolError("no recipe named %s in your workspace" %
-                           args.recipename)
+    check_workspace_recipe(workspace, args.recipename, checksrc=False)
+
     try:
         host, destdir = args.target.split(':')
     except ValueError: