1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 54725baaf1..1782473181 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ INITRAMFS_TASK ?= ""
 INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE ?= ""
 
 python __anonymous () {
+    import re
+
     kerneltype = d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE', True)
     if kerneltype == 'uImage':
         depends = d.getVar("DEPENDS", True)
         depends = "%s u-boot-mkimage-native" % depends
         d.setVar("DEPENDS", depends)
 
+    d.setVar("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE", re.sub(r'\.gz$', '', kerneltype))
+
     image = d.getVar('INITRAMFS_IMAGE', True)
     if image:
         d.appendVarFlag('do_bundle_initramfs', 'depends', ' ${INITRAMFS_IMAGE}:do_rootfs')
@@ -104,8 +108,6 @@ KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE ??= ""
 # they are staged.
 KERNEL_SRC_PATH = "/usr/src/kernel"
 
-KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE = "${@(lambda s: s[:-3] if s[-3:] == ".gz" else s)(d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE', True))}"
-
 copy_initramfs() {
         echo "Copying initramfs into ./usr ..."
         # In case the directory is not created yet from the first pass compile: