1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
index 31e848dd62..6378af98a8 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ else
         echo "$target_sdk_dir"
 fi
 
-eval target_sdk_dir=$(printf "%q" "$target_sdk_dir")
+eval target_sdk_dir=$(echo "$target_sdk_dir"|sed 's/ /\\ /g')
 if [ -d "$target_sdk_dir" ]; then
         target_sdk_dir=$(cd "$target_sdk_dir"; pwd)
 else