diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/gitarchive.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/gitarchive.py
index 6e8040eb5c..6db8c99147 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/gitarchive.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/gitarchive.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def git_commit_data(repo, data_dir, branch, message, exclude, notes, log):
 
         # Remove files that are excluded
         if exclude:
-            repo.run_cmd(['rm', '--cached'] + [f for f in exclude], env_update)
+            repo.run_cmd(['rm', '--cached', '--ignore-unmatch'] + [f for f in exclude], env_update)
 
         tree = repo.run_cmd('write-tree', env_update)
 
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ def gitarchive(data_dir, git_dir, no_create, bare, commit_msg_subject, commit_ms
         log.info("Pushing data to remote")
         data_repo.run_cmd(cmd)
 
+    return tag_name
+
 # Container class for tester revisions
 TestedRev = namedtuple('TestedRev', 'commit commit_number tags')