1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
index 594bf947c8..a49f446a53 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ deltask do_populate_sysroot
 
 # CVE database update interval, in seconds. By default: once a day (24*60*60).
 # Use 0 to force the update
+# Use a negative value to skip the update
 CVE_DB_UPDATE_INTERVAL ?= "86400"
 
 python () {
@@ -51,8 +52,9 @@ python do_fetch() {
     try:
         import time
         update_interval = int(d.getVar("CVE_DB_UPDATE_INTERVAL"))
-        if (update_interval < 0):
-            update_interval = 0
+        if update_interval < 0:
+            bb.note("CVE database update skipped")
+            return
         if time.time() - os.path.getmtime(db_file) < update_interval:
             return