diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 9e3c34ad48..9eb9bd2844 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ python do_symlink_kernsrc () {
             shutil.move(s, kernsrc)
             os.symlink(kernsrc, s)
 }
-addtask symlink_kernsrc before do_configure after do_unpack
+addtask symlink_kernsrc before do_patch after do_unpack
 
 inherit kernel-arch deploy