diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/devicetree.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/devicetree.bbclass
index bd50d7fa1d38..655460a9dbef 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/devicetree.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/devicetree.bbclass
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ python () {
         d.appendVarFlag("do_compile", "depends", " virtual/kernel:do_configure")
 }
 
+do_fetch[cleandirs] = "${S}"
+
 def expand_includes(varname, d):
     import glob
     includes = set()