1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
index 44419d8f2a..a6f1337114 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
@@ -773,16 +773,23 @@ def copyfile(src, dest, newmtime = None, sstat = None):
             return False
 
     if stat.S_ISREG(sstat[stat.ST_MODE]):
-        os.chmod(src, stat.S_IRUSR) # Make sure we can read it
-        try: # For safety copy then move it over.
+        try:
+            srcchown = False
+            if not os.access(src, os.R_OK):
+                # Make sure we can read it
+                srcchown = True
+                os.chmod(src, sstat[stat.ST_MODE] | stat.S_IRUSR)
+
+            # For safety copy then move it over.
             shutil.copyfile(src, dest + "#new")
             os.rename(dest + "#new", dest)
         except Exception as e:
             print('copyfile: copy', src, '->', dest, 'failed.', e)
             return False
         finally:
-            os.chmod(src, sstat[stat.ST_MODE])
-            os.utime(src, (sstat[stat.ST_ATIME], sstat[stat.ST_MTIME]))
+            if srcchown:
+                os.chmod(src, sstat[stat.ST_MODE])
+                os.utime(src, (sstat[stat.ST_ATIME], sstat[stat.ST_MTIME]))
 
     else:
         #we don't yet handle special, so we need to fall back to /bin/mv