1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
index 5263af56c8..d5900b4f82 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
@@ -761,11 +761,8 @@ def _guess_recipe_update_mode(srctree, rdata):
     # Just use the first URI for now
     uri = git_uris[0]
     # Check remote branch
-    upstr_branch = 'master'
-    for paramdef in uri.split(';')[1:]:
-        name, value = paramdef.split('=', 1)
-        if name == 'branch':
-            upstr_branch = value
+    params = bb.fetch.decodeurl(uri)[5]
+    upstr_branch = params['branch'] if 'branch' in params else 'master'
     # Check if current branch HEAD is found in upstream branch
     stdout, _ = bb.process.run('git rev-parse HEAD', cwd=srctree)
     head_rev = stdout.rstrip()