diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
index 507a230..4cf6a5a 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
         if args.binary:
             # Assume the archive contains the directory structure verbatim
             # so we need to extract to a subdirectory
-            fetchuri += ';subdir=${BP}'
+            fetchuri += ';subdir=${BPN}'
         srcuri = fetchuri
         rev_re = re.compile(';rev=([^;]+)')
         res = rev_re.search(srcuri)