diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/vboxguestdrivers/vboxguestdrivers_7.2.14.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/vboxguestdrivers/vboxguestdrivers_7.2.14.bb
index 18fda0393d..45f3f22481 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/vboxguestdrivers/vboxguestdrivers_7.2.14.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/vboxguestdrivers/vboxguestdrivers_7.2.14.bb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ S:task-patch = "${UNPACKDIR}/${BP}"
 export VBOX_KBUILD_TARGET_ARCH = "${ARCH}"
 export VBOX_KBUILD_TARGET_ARCH:x86-64 = "amd64"
 
-EXTRA_OEMAKE += "KERN_DIR='${WORKDIR}/${KERNEL_VERSION}/build' KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 CC='${CC} ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP} -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}'"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += "KERN_DIR='${WORKDIR}/${KERNEL_VERSION}/build' KERN_MAJ='${@(oe.kernel.get_version_file('${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}') or '').split('.')[0]}' KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 CC='${CC} ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP} -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}'"
 
 # otherwise 5.2.22 builds just vboxguest
 MAKE_TARGETS = "all"