diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
index 16b85dbca4..9ff37f5c38 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ python __anonymous () {
             d.appendVar('RDEPENDS:%s-image' % kname, ' %s-modules (= ${EXTENDPKGV})' % kname)
             d.appendVar('RDEPENDS:%s-image-%s' % (kname, typelower), ' %s-modules-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME} (= ${EXTENDPKGV})' % kname)
             d.setVar('PKG:%s-modules' % kname, '%s-modules-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME}' % kname)
-            d.appendVar('RPROVIDES:%s-modules' % kname, '%s-modules-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME}' % kname)
+            d.appendVar('RPROVIDES:%s-modules' % kname, ' %s-modules-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME}' % kname)
 
         d.setVar('PKG:%s-image-%s' % (kname,typelower), '%s-image-%s-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME}' % (kname, typelower))
         d.setVar('ALLOW_EMPTY:%s-image-%s' % (kname, typelower), '1')