diff --git a/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass b/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
index 0400d6e373..3ba5a39d11 100644
--- a/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ python do_ar_original() {
                         bb.fatal("Cannot determine archive names for original source because 'name=' URL parameter '%s' is used twice. Make it unique in: %s %s" % (name, tarball_suffix[name], url))
             tarball_suffix[name] = url
             create_tarball(d, tmpdir + '/.', name, ar_outdir)
+        else:
+            bb.warn("Not archiving %s: its local path %s is neither a file nor a directory" % (url, local))
 
     # Emit patch series files for 'original'
     bb.note('Writing patch series files...')