diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index 6ebe368..702db66 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -212,8 +212,13 @@
         bb.process.run(commit_cmd, cwd=repodir)
 
     # Ensure singletask.lock (as used by externalsrc.bbclass) is ignored by git
+    gitinfodir = os.path.join(repodir, '.git', 'info')
+    try:
+        os.mkdir(gitinfodir)
+    except FileExistsError:
+        pass
     excludes = []
-    excludefile = os.path.join(repodir, '.git', 'info', 'exclude')
+    excludefile = os.path.join(gitinfodir, 'exclude')
     try:
         with open(excludefile, 'r') as f:
             excludes = f.readlines()