diff --git a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
index eb8591f624..c45650291f 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ def package_qa_check_rdepends(pkg, pkgdest, skip, taskdeps, packages, d):
                 return False
 
             for rdepend in rdepends:
-                if "-dbg" in rdepend and "debug-deps" not in skip:
+                if rdepend.endswith("-dbg") and "debug-deps" not in skip:
                     error_msg = "%s rdepends on %s" % (pkg,rdepend)
                     oe.qa.handle_error("debug-deps", error_msg, d)
                 if (not "-dev" in pkg and not "-staticdev" in pkg) and rdepend.endswith("-dev") and "dev-deps" not in skip: