diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
index 5a420b7..b1b57be 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 # we need the wrappers if validation isn't in the packageconfig
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'dt-validation', '', 'python3-dtschema-wrapper-native', d)}"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv32|qemuriscv64)"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv32|qemuriscv64)$"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"