diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
index 628dbc98f18..586071988a9 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ CARGO = "cargo"
 # Enable build separation
 B = "${WORKDIR}/build"
 
-oe_cargo_build () {
+do_compile[progress] = "outof:\s+(\d+)/(\d+)"
+cargo_do_compile () {
 	export RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS}"
 	bbnote "Using rust targets from ${RUST_TARGET_PATH}"
 	bbnote "cargo = $(which ${CARGO})"
@@ -25,11 +26,6 @@ oe_cargo_build () {
 	"${CARGO}" build ${CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS} ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} "$@"
 }
 
-do_compile[progress] = "outof:\s+(\d+)/(\d+)"
-cargo_do_compile () {
-	oe_cargo_build
-}
-
 cargo_do_install () {
 	local have_installed=false
 	for tgt in "${B}/target/${CARGO_TARGET_SUBDIR}/"*; do