diff --git a/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
index 5b27a1f0f98..4f49d8f9f8c 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ def setscene_depvalid(task, taskdependees, notneeded, d, log=None):
 
         # This is due to the [depends] in useradd.bbclass complicating matters
         # The logic *is* reversed here due to the way hard setscene dependencies are injected
-        if (taskdependees[task][1] == 'do_package' or taskdependees[task][1] == 'do_populate_sysroot') and taskdependees[dep][0].endswith(('shadow-native', 'shadow-sysroot', 'base-passwd', 'pseudo-native')) and taskdependees[dep][1] == 'do_populate_sysroot':
+        if (taskdependees[task][1] == 'do_package' or taskdependees[task][1] == 'do_populate_sysroot') and taskdependees[dep][0].endswith(('shadow-sysroot', 'base-passwd', 'pseudo-native')) and taskdependees[dep][1] == 'do_populate_sysroot':
             continue
 
         # Consider sysroot depending on sysroot tasks