diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass
index 08c2e54..50882c3 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 }
 
 KERNEL_SPLIT_MODULES ?= "1"
-PACKAGESPLITFUNCS:prepend = "split_kernel_module_packages "
+PACKAGESPLITFUNCS =+ "split_kernel_module_packages"
 
 KERNEL_MODULES_META_PACKAGE ?= "${@ d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") or "kernel" }-modules"