diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
index 54cc7ed..3d6b80b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
@@ -217,11 +217,10 @@
             env['GIT_INDEX_FILE'] = tmp_index.name
             subprocess.check_output(['git', 'add', '-A', '.'], cwd=s_dir, env=env)
             git_sha1 = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'write-tree'], cwd=s_dir, env=env).decode("utf-8")
-            submodule_helper = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'submodule', 'status'], cwd=s_dir, env=env).decode("utf-8")
+            submodule_helper = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'submodule--helper', 'list'], cwd=s_dir, env=env).decode("utf-8")
             for line in submodule_helper.splitlines():
-                module_relpath = line.split()[1]
-                if not module_relpath.split('/')[0] == '..':
-                    module_dir = os.path.join(s_dir, module_relpath)
+                module_dir = os.path.join(s_dir, line.rsplit(maxsplit=1)[1])
+                if os.path.isdir(module_dir):
                     proc = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'add', '-A', '.'], cwd=module_dir, env=env, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
                     proc.communicate()
                     proc = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'write-tree'], cwd=module_dir, env=env, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)