diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.3.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.3.bb
index 0fe5fb7976..9121333f56 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.3.bb
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ do_install() {
 
 python populate_packages:prepend (){
     systemdlibdir = d.getVar("rootlibdir")
-    do_split_packages(d, systemdlibdir, '^lib(.*)\.so\.*', 'lib%s', 'Systemd %s library', extra_depends='', allow_links=True)
+    do_split_packages(d, systemdlibdir, r'^lib(.*)\.so\.*', 'lib%s', 'Systemd %s library', extra_depends='', allow_links=True)
 }
 PACKAGES_DYNAMIC += "^lib(udev|systemd|nss).*"