diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index 29679e6a5e..498dfc681c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -1090,8 +1090,8 @@ def setscene_depvalid(task, taskdependees, notneeded, d, log=None):
         # do_package_write_* need do_populate_sysroot as they're mainly postinstall dependencies
         if taskdependees[task][1] == "do_populate_sysroot" and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package_write_deb', 'do_package_write_ipk', 'do_package_write_rpm']:
             return False
-        # do_package/packagedata/package_qa don't need do_populate_sysroot
-        if taskdependees[task][1] == "do_populate_sysroot" and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package', 'do_packagedata', 'do_package_qa']:
+        # do_package/packagedata/package_qa/deploy don't need do_populate_sysroot
+        if taskdependees[task][1] == "do_populate_sysroot" and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package', 'do_packagedata', 'do_package_qa', 'do_deploy']:
             continue
         # Native/Cross packages don't exist and are noexec anyway
         if isNativeCross(taskdependees[dep][0]) and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package_write_deb', 'do_package_write_ipk', 'do_package_write_rpm', 'do_packagedata', 'do_package', 'do_package_qa']: