diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
index 5a420b7fb2..b1b57beac3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[dt-validation] = ",,python3-dtschema-native"
 # we need the wrappers if validation isn't in the packageconfig
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'dt-validation', '', 'python3-dtschema-wrapper-native', d)}"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv32|qemuriscv64)"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv32|qemuriscv64)$"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.15.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.15.bb
index f374fb593f..9e37494a4b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.15.bb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL = "1"
 
 LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE = "preempt-rt"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemuppc|qemumips)"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemuppc|qemumips)$"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.19.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.19.bb
index 60ca638bdd..c12bec3e4e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.19.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.19.bb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL = "1"
 
 LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE = "preempt-rt"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemuppc|qemumips)"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemuppc|qemumips)$"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.15.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.15.bb
index f1b6f98c77..2de32ffecd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.15.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
 SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto.git;branch=${KBRANCH};name=machine \
            git://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-kernel-cache;type=kmeta;name=meta;branch=yocto-5.15;destsuffix=${KMETA}"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5)$"
 
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_FEATURES = ""
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.19.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.19.bb
index c1638f5cc2..339f7f69a6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.19.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.19.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
 SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto.git;branch=${KBRANCH};name=machine \
            git://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-kernel-cache;type=kmeta;name=meta;branch=yocto-5.19;destsuffix=${KMETA}"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5)$"
 
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_FEATURES = ""
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.15.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.15.bb
index 26cdfb744a..40c430aee3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.15.bb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL = "1"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemux86|qemuppc|qemuppc64|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv64|qemuriscv32"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemux86|qemuppc|qemuppc64|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv64|qemuriscv32)$"
 
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES ?= "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.19.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.19.bb
index 15c5aca8da..0ff28aa952 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.19.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.19.bb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL = "1"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemux86|qemuppc|qemuppc64|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv64|qemuriscv32"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemux86|qemuppc|qemuppc64|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv64|qemuriscv32)$"
 
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES ?= "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc"