2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
index ea2ef5be63..94d52d6077 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ def match_licenses(licfiles, srctree, d):
                 license = 'Unknown'
                 logger.info("Please add the following line for '%s' to a 'lib/recipetool/licenses.csv' " \
                     "and replace `Unknown` with the license:\n" \
-                    "%s,Unknown" % (os.path.relpath(licfile, srctree), md5value))
+                    "%s,Unknown" % (os.path.relpath(licfile, srctree + "/.."), md5value))
         if license:
             licenses.append((license, os.path.relpath(licfile, srctree), md5value))
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/scriptutils.py b/scripts/lib/scriptutils.py
index 81f0b01fa5..32e749dbb1 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/scriptutils.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/scriptutils.py
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ def fetch_url(tinfoil, srcuri, srcrev, destdir, logger, preserve_tmp=False, mirr
                 f.write('UNPACKDIR = "%s"\n' % destdir)
 
                 # Set S out of the way so it doesn't get created under the workdir
-                f.write('S = "%s"\n' % os.path.join(tmpdir, 'emptysrc'))
+                s_dir = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'emptysrc')
+                bb.utils.mkdirhier(s_dir)
+                f.write('S = "%s"\n' % s_dir)
+
                 if not mirrors:
                     # We do not need PREMIRRORS since we are almost certainly
                     # fetching new source rather than something that has already