diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 4ac977b122..cb9cd26b09 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ do_kernel_checkout() {
 		git init
 		check_git_config
 		git add .
-		git commit -q -m "baseline commit: creating repo for ${PN}-${PV}"
+		git commit -q -n -m "baseline commit: creating repo for ${PN}-${PV}"
 		git clean -d -f
 	fi