diff --git a/bin/bitbake-worker b/bin/bitbake-worker
index 063cf37926..9d850ec77c 100755
--- a/bin/bitbake-worker
+++ b/bin/bitbake-worker
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ class BitbakeWorker(object):
     def handle_cookercfg(self, data):
         self.cookercfg = pickle.loads(data)
         self.databuilder = bb.cookerdata.CookerDataBuilder(self.cookercfg, worker=True)
-        self.databuilder.parseBaseConfiguration()
+        self.databuilder.parseBaseConfiguration(worker=True)
         self.data = self.databuilder.data
 
     def handle_extraconfigdata(self, data):
diff --git a/lib/bb/cookerdata.py b/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
index 397b43dfa7..a961f36574 100644
--- a/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
+++ b/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
@@ -258,12 +258,12 @@ class CookerDataBuilder(object):
         self.data = self.basedata
         self.mcdata = {}
 
-    def parseBaseConfiguration(self):
+    def parseBaseConfiguration(self, worker=False):
         data_hash = hashlib.sha256()
         try:
             self.data = self.parseConfigurationFiles(self.prefiles, self.postfiles)
 
-            if self.data.getVar("BB_WORKERCONTEXT", False) is None:
+            if self.data.getVar("BB_WORKERCONTEXT", False) is None and not worker:
                 bb.fetch.fetcher_init(self.data)
             bb.parse.init_parser(self.data)
             bb.codeparser.parser_cache_init(self.data)
diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 28a3e54c7f..d099cd1092 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@ def get_srcrev(d, method_name='sortable_revision'):
     that fetcher provides a method with the given name and the same signature as sortable_revision.
     """
 
+    d.setVar("__BBSEENSRCREV", "1")
     recursion = d.getVar("__BBINSRCREV")
     if recursion:
         raise FetchError("There are recursive references in fetcher variables, likely through SRC_URI")
diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index 30da8e95b7..836ef1c49a 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -727,6 +727,12 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         """
         Compute the HEAD revision for the url
         """
+        if not d.getVar("__BBSEENSRCREV"):
+            raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Recipe uses a floating tag/branch without a fixed SRCREV yet doesn't call bb.fetch2.get_srcrev() (use SRCPV in PV for OE).")
+
+        # Ensure we mark as not cached
+        bb.fetch2.get_autorev(d)
+
         output = self._lsremote(ud, d, "")
         # Tags of the form ^{} may not work, need to fallback to other form
         if ud.unresolvedrev[name][:5] == "refs/" or ud.usehead: