1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 383043ed9c..624b15101e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ kernel_do_install() {
                 find . -depth -not -path "./Documentation*" -not -path "./.*" -print0 | cpio --null -pdlu $kerneldir
                 cd "$pwd"
         fi
-        install -m 0644 ${KERNEL_OUTPUT} $kerneldir/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}
+
+        # Test to ensure that the output file and image type are not actually
+        # the same file. If hardlinking is used, they will be the same, and there's
+        # no need to install.
+        ![ ${KERNEL_OUTPUT} -ef $kerneldir/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE} ] && install -m 0644 ${KERNEL_OUTPUT} $kerneldir/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}
         install -m 0644 System.map $kerneldir/System.map-${KERNEL_VERSION}
 
         # Dummy Makefile so the clean below works