1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 48135b3d41..78def5bbc1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ python do_symlink_kernsrc () {
             shutil.move(s, kernsrc)
             os.symlink(kernsrc, s)
 }
-addtask symlink_kernsrc before do_patch after do_unpack
+# do_patch is normally ordered before do_configure, but
+# externalsrc.bbclass deletes do_patch, breaking the dependency of
+# do_configure on do_symlink_kernsrc.
+addtask symlink_kernsrc before do_patch do_configure after do_unpack
 
 inherit kernel-arch deploy