diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
index db4461e..b084d6d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
 }
 
 check_oldest_kernel[vardepsexclude] += "OLDEST_KERNEL KERNEL_VERSION"
-do_configure[prefuncs] += "check_oldest_kernel"
+do_compile[postfuncs] += "check_oldest_kernel"
 
 KERNEL_LOCALVERSION ??= ""