1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
index 2b1eee1003..fa92abe248 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class GitApplyTree(PatchTree):
                     date = newdate
                 if not subject:
                     subject = newsubject
-        if subject and outlines and not outlines[0].strip() == subject:
+        if subject and not (outlines and outlines[0].strip() == subject):
             outlines.insert(0, '%s\n\n' % subject.strip())
 
         # Write out commit message to a file