diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index ed91a4b..adca881 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
     wildcards from SPDXLICENSEMAP flags and SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES values.
     """
     import fnmatch
-    licenses = []
+    licenses = wildcard_licenses[:]
     spdxmapkeys = d.getVarFlags('SPDXLICENSEMAP').keys()
     for wld_lic in wildcard_licenses:
         spdxflags = fnmatch.filter(spdxmapkeys, wld_lic)