1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 88dcf32a06..32d2e20a71 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -161,30 +161,30 @@ do_validate_branches() {
         current=`git branch |grep \*|sed 's/^\* //'`
         if [ -n "$target_branch_head" ] && [ "$branch_head" != "$target_branch_head" ]; then
                 if [ -n "${KERNEL_REVISION_CHECKING}" ]; then
-                        git show ${target_branch_head} > /dev/null 2>&1
-                        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-                                echo "Forcing branch $current to ${target_branch_head}"
-                                git branch -m $current $current-orig
-                                git checkout -b $current ${target_branch_head}
-                        else
+                        ref=`git show ${target_meta_head} 2>&1 | head -n1 || true`
+                        if [ "$ref" = "fatal: bad object ${target_meta_head}" ]; then
                                 echo "ERROR ${target_branch_head} is not a valid commit ID."
                                 echo "The kernel source tree may be out of sync"
                                 exit 1
-                        fi             
+                        else
+                                echo "Forcing branch $current to ${target_branch_head}"
+                                git branch -m $current $current-orig
+                                git checkout -b $current ${target_branch_head}
+                        fi
                 fi
         fi
 
         if [ "$meta_head" != "$target_meta_head" ]; then
                 if [ -n "${KERNEL_REVISION_CHECKING}" ]; then
-                        git show ${target_meta_head} > /dev/null 2>&1
-                        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-                                echo "Forcing branch meta to ${target_meta_head}"
-                                git branch -m ${KMETA} ${KMETA}-orig
-                                git checkout -b ${KMETA} ${target_meta_head}
-                        else
+                        ref=`git show ${target_meta_head} 2>&1 | head -n1 || true`
+                        if [ "$ref" = "fatal: bad object ${target_meta_head}" ]; then
                                 echo "ERROR ${target_meta_head} is not a valid commit ID"
                                 echo "The kernel source tree may be out of sync"
                                 exit 1
+                        else
+                                echo "Forcing branch meta to ${target_meta_head}"
+                                git branch -m ${KMETA} ${KMETA}-orig
+                                git checkout -b ${KMETA} ${target_meta_head}
                         fi         
                 fi
         fi