1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/cooker.py
index 1531808613..8feb228faf 100644
--- a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -762,8 +762,8 @@ class BBCooker:
         self.handleCollections( bb.data.getVar("BBFILE_COLLECTIONS", self.configuration.data, 1) )
 
         bb.msg.debug(1, bb.msg.domain.Collection, "collecting .bb files")
-        bb.data.renameVar("__depends", "__base_depends", self.configuration.data)
         (filelist, masked) = self.collect_bbfiles()
+        bb.data.renameVar("__depends", "__base_depends", self.configuration.data)
         self.parse_bbfiles(filelist, masked)
         bb.msg.debug(1, bb.msg.domain.Collection, "parsing complete")