diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 7ca847f..bc52419 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@
     extra_sections = d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGE_STRIP_EXTRA_SECTIONS')
     kernel_image = d.getVar('B') + "/" + d.getVar('KERNEL_OUTPUT_DIR') + "/vmlinux"
 
-    if (extra_sections and kernel_image.find('${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/vmlinux') != -1):
+    if (extra_sections and kernel_image.find(d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGEDEST') + '/vmlinux') != -1):
         kernel_image_stripped = kernel_image + ".stripped"
         shutil.copy2(kernel_image, kernel_image_stripped)
         oe.package.runstrip((kernel_image_stripped, 8, strip, extra_sections))