diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py
index 9312e4abf1..b620e3271b 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ class PythonPyprojectTomlRecipeHandler(PythonRecipeHandler):
 
     def process(self, srctree, classes, lines_before, lines_after, handled, extravalues):
         info = {}
+        metadata = {}
 
         if 'buildsystem' in handled:
             return False