1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 78a13099ee..ffc0b4c6ee 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ do_patch() {
                         addon_features="$addon_features --feature $feat"
                 done
         fi
-        updateme ${addon_features} ${ARCH} ${MACHINE} ${WORKDIR}
+        updateme --branch ${kbranch} ${addon_features} ${ARCH} ${MACHINE} ${WORKDIR}
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                 echo "ERROR. Could not update ${kbranch}"
                 exit 1
@@ -87,9 +87,12 @@ do_kernel_configme() {
         if [ -n "${YOCTO_KERNEL_EXTERNAL_BRANCH}" ]; then
            # switch from a generic to a specific branch
            kbranch=${YOCTO_KERNEL_EXTERNAL_BRANCH}
+           cd ${S}
+           git checkout ${kbranch}
+        else
+           cd ${S}
         fi
 
-        cd ${S}
         configme --reconfig --output ${B} ${kbranch} ${MACHINE}
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                 echo "ERROR. Could not configure ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"