diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_70.1.bb b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_70.1.bb
index 0988ae8b8e..dd684fe5b9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_70.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_70.1.bb
@@ -147,4 +147,4 @@ do_make_icudata() {
     :
 }
 
-addtask make_icudata before do_configure after do_patch
+addtask make_icudata before do_configure after do_patch do_prepare_recipe_sysroot