1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
index 8c8e96a2dc..7dd31d9d46 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ def patch_path(url, fetch, workdir, expand=True):
     """Return the local path of a patch, or return nothing if this isn't a patch"""
 
     local = fetch.localpath(url)
+    if os.path.isdir(local):
+        return
     base, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(local))
     if ext in ('.gz', '.bz2', '.xz', '.Z'):
         if expand: