diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 61d90cc12e..8a4731be3c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ python split_and_strip_files () {
 
         import multiprocessing
         nproc = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
-        pool = multiprocessing.Pool(nproc)
+        pool = bb.utils.multiprocessingpool(nproc)
         processed = pool.imap(oe.package.runstrip, sfiles)
         pool.close()
         pool.join()
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ python package_do_filedeps() {
 
     import multiprocessing
     nproc = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
-    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(nproc)
+    pool =  bb.utils.multiprocessingpool(nproc)
     processed = pool.imap(oe.package.filedeprunner, pkglist)
     pool.close()
     pool.join()