1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 28bdadb45e..7d493eb402 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def taskname_from_tid(tid):
     return tid.rsplit(":", 1)[1]
 
 def mc_from_tid(tid):
-    if tid.startswith('mc:'):
+    if tid.startswith('mc:') and tid.count(':') >= 2:
         return tid.split(':')[1]
     return ""
 
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ def split_tid(tid):
     return (mc, fn, taskname)
 
 def split_mc(n):
-    if n.startswith("mc:"):
+    if n.startswith("mc:") and n.count(':') >= 2:
         _, mc, n = n.split(":", 2)
         return (mc, n)
     return ('', n)
 
 def split_tid_mcfn(tid):
-    if tid.startswith('mc:'):
+    if tid.startswith('mc:') and tid.count(':') >= 2:
         elems = tid.split(':')
         mc = elems[1]
         fn = ":".join(elems[2:-1])