diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/wireshark/wireshark_4.2.7.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/wireshark/wireshark_4.2.7.bb
index be342c73b..0109fe6d2 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/wireshark/wireshark_4.2.7.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/wireshark/wireshark_4.2.7.bb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[nghttp2] = "-DENABLE_NGHTTP2=ON,-DENABLE_NGHTTP2=OFF, nghttp2"
 # these next two options require addional layers
 PACKAGECONFIG[qt5] = "-DENABLE_QT5=ON -DBUILD_wireshark=ON -DUSE_qt6=OFF, -DENABLE_QT5=OFF -DBUILD_wireshark=OFF, qttools-native qtmultimedia qtsvg"
 
-inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'qt5', 'cmake_qt5', '', d)}
+inherit_defer ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'qt5', 'cmake_qt5', '', d)}
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DENABLE_NETLINK=ON \
                   -DBUILD_mmdbresolve=OFF \