diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 15c8dbb..30f07de 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 	# checkout and clobber any unimportant files
 	git checkout -f ${machine_branch}
 }
-do_kernel_checkout[dirs] = "${S}"
+do_kernel_checkout[dirs] = "${S} ${WORKDIR}"
 
 addtask kernel_checkout before do_kernel_metadata after do_symlink_kernsrc
 addtask kernel_metadata after do_validate_branches do_unpack before do_patch