diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
index 0cc303c..0132fcf 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@
 DEPENDS += '${@bb.utils.contains_any("ARCH", [ "x86", "arm64", "powerpc" ], "elfutils-native", "", d)}'
 DEPENDS += "openssl-native util-linux-native"
 DEPENDS += "gmp-native libmpc-native"
-DEPENDS += '${@bb.utils.contains("KERNEL_DEBUG", "True", "pahole-native", "", d)}'
+
+# Some options depend on CONFIG_PAHOLE_VERSION, so need to make pahole-native available before do_kernel_configme
+do_kernel_configme[depends] += '${@bb.utils.contains("KERNEL_DEBUG", "True", "pahole-native:do_populate_sysroot", "", d)}'
+
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += '${@bb.utils.contains("KERNEL_DEBUG", "True", "", "PAHOLE=false", d)}'
 
 do_devshell:prepend() {