diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
index 6eb536ad28..d760481283 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from pkgutil import extend_path
 __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
 
-BBIMPORTS = ["data", "path", "utils", "types", "package", "packagedata", \
+# Modules with vistorcode need to go first else anything depending on them won't be
+# processed correctly (e.g. qa)
+BBIMPORTS = ["qa", "data", "path", "utils", "types", "package", "packagedata", \
              "packagegroup", "sstatesig", "lsb", "cachedpath", "license", \
-             "qa", "reproducible", "rust", "buildcfg", "go"]
+             "reproducible", "rust", "buildcfg", "go"]
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/qa.py b/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
index f8ae3c743f..e338ad6439 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 #
 
+import ast
 import os, struct, mmap
 
 class NotELFFileError(Exception):
@@ -186,6 +187,20 @@ def write_error(type, error, d):
         with open(logfile, "a+") as f:
             f.write("%s: %s [%s]\n" % (p, error, type))
 
+def handle_error_visitorcode(name, args):
+    execs = set()
+    contains = {}
+    warn = None
+    if isinstance(args[0], ast.Constant) and isinstance(args[0].value, str):
+        for i in ["ERROR_QA", "WARN_QA"]:
+            if i not in contains:
+                contains[i] = set()
+            contains[i].add(args[0].value)
+    else:
+        warn = args[0]
+        execs.add(name)
+    return contains, execs, warn
+
 def handle_error(error_class, error_msg, d):
     if error_class in (d.getVar("ERROR_QA") or "").split():
         write_error(error_class, error_msg, d)
@@ -198,6 +213,7 @@ def handle_error(error_class, error_msg, d):
     else:
         bb.note("QA Issue: %s [%s]" % (error_msg, error_class))
     return True
+handle_error.visitorcode = handle_error_visitorcode
 
 def add_message(messages, section, new_msg):
     if section not in messages: