1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index d646b0cf63..29c4c05071 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def use_external_build(same_dir, no_same_dir, d):
         logger.info('Using source tree as build directory since --same-dir specified')
     elif bb.data.inherits_class('autotools-brokensep', d):
         logger.info('Using source tree as build directory since recipe inherits autotools-brokensep')
-    elif d.getVar('B') == os.path.abspath(d.getVar('S')):
+    elif os.path.abspath(d.getVar('B')) == os.path.abspath(d.getVar('S')):
         logger.info('Using source tree as build directory since that would be the default for this recipe')
     else:
         b_is_s = False