diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index ebc336b497..7526ec7562 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@ def sstate_checkhashes(sq_data, d, siginfo=False, currentcount=0, summary=True,
         from bb.fetch2 import FetchConnectionCache
         def checkstatus_init(thread_worker):
             thread_worker.connection_cache = FetchConnectionCache()
+            thread_worker.localdata2 = bb.data.createCopy(localdata)
 
         def checkstatus_end(thread_worker):
             thread_worker.connection_cache.close_connections()
@@ -986,15 +987,14 @@ def sstate_checkhashes(sq_data, d, siginfo=False, currentcount=0, summary=True,
         def checkstatus(thread_worker, arg):
             (tid, sstatefile) = arg
 
-            localdata2 = bb.data.createCopy(localdata)
             srcuri = "file://" + sstatefile
-            localdata2.setVar('SRC_URI', srcuri)
+            thread_worker.localdata2.setVar('SRC_URI', srcuri)
             bb.debug(2, "SState: Attempting to fetch %s" % srcuri)
 
             import traceback
 
             try:
-                fetcher = bb.fetch2.Fetch(srcuri.split(), localdata2,
+                fetcher = bb.fetch2.Fetch(srcuri.split(), thread_worker.localdata2,
                             connection_cache=thread_worker.connection_cache)
                 fetcher.checkstatus()
                 bb.debug(2, "SState: Successful fetch test for %s" % srcuri)