1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/codeparser.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/codeparser.py
index c887a3ca08..84d1c09f21 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/codeparser.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/codeparser.py
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ def check_indent(codestr):
     """If the code is indented, add a top level piece of code to 'remove' the indentation"""
 
     i = 0
-    while codestr[i] in ["\n", "        ", " "]:
+    while codestr[i] in ["\n", "\t", " "]:
         i = i + 1
 
     if i == 0:
         return codestr
 
-    if codestr[i-1] is "        " or codestr[i-1] is " ":
+    if codestr[i-1] == "\t" or codestr[i-1] == " ":
         return "if 1:\n" + codestr
 
     return codestr