diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 452b1ad..2ff574b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
         d.setVarFlag(task, 'fakeroot', '1')
 
         d.appendVarFlag(task, 'prefuncs', ' ' + debug + ' set_image_size')
-        d.prependVarFlag(task, 'postfuncs', ' create_symlinks')
+        d.prependVarFlag(task, 'postfuncs', 'create_symlinks ')
         d.appendVarFlag(task, 'subimages', ' ' + ' '.join(subimages))
         d.appendVarFlag(task, 'vardeps', ' ' + ' '.join(vardeps))
         d.appendVarFlag(task, 'vardepsexclude', 'DATETIME DATE ' + ' '.join(vardepsexclude))