diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_3.14.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_3.14.bb
index 45dccefb..cb6086a0 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_3.14.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_3.14.bb
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENTS = "${KERNEL_CONFIG_DIR}/audio_display.cfg ${KERNEL_CONFI
 KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENTS_append_ti33x = " ${WORKDIR}/non-smp.cfg"
 KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENTS_append_ti43x = " ${WORKDIR}/non-smp.cfg"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.ti.com/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;protocol=git;branch=${BRANCH} \
+KERNEL_GIT_URI = "git://git.ti.com/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git"
+KERNEL_GIT_PROTOCOL = "git"
+SRC_URI = "${KERNEL_GIT_URI};protocol=${KERNEL_GIT_PROTOCOL};branch=${BRANCH} \
            file://defconfig \
            file://non-smp.cfg \
           "