1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
index db34b4bdb5..dc46857a19 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
@@ -555,7 +555,10 @@ python populate_lic_qa_checksum() {
                 import hashlib
                 lineno = 0
                 license = []
-                m = hashlib.new('MD5', usedforsecurity=False)
+                try:
+                    m = hashlib.new('MD5', usedforsecurity=False)
+                except TypeError:
+                    m = hashlib.new('MD5')
                 for line in f:
                     lineno += 1
                     if (lineno >= beginline):