diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey-src.inc b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey-src.inc
index c392341f0..ba3e8c8ca 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey-src.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey-src.inc
@@ -16,4 +16,22 @@ LINUX_GIT_URI ?= "${@oe.utils.conditional('DIGI_INTERNAL_GIT', '1' , \
 SRC_URI = "${LINUX_GIT_URI};branch=${SRCBRANCH}"
 SRC_URI_stmp32mpcommon = "${LINUX_GIT_URI};branch=${SRCBRANCH}"
 
+# A user can provide his own kernel 'defconfig' file by:
+# - setting the variable KERNEL_DEFCONFIG to a custom kernel configuration file
+#   inside the kernel repository.
+# - setting the variable KERNEL_DEFCONFIG to a kernel configuration file using
+#   the full path to the file.
+# - clearing the variable KERNEL_DEFCONFIG and providing a kernel configuration
+#   file in the layer (in this case the file must be named 'defconfig').
+# Otherwise the default platform's kernel configuration file will be taken from
+# the Linux source code tree.
+do_copy_defconfig[vardeps] += "KERNEL_DEFCONFIG"
+do_copy_defconfig[dirs] = "${S}"
+do_copy_defconfig () {
+        if [ -n "${KERNEL_DEFCONFIG}" ]; then
+                cp -f ${KERNEL_DEFCONFIG} ${WORKDIR}/defconfig
+        fi
+}
+addtask copy_defconfig after do_patch before do_kernel_localversion
+
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey_5.4.bb b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey_5.4.bb
index 9f04eb4ae..6ffae9061 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey_5.4.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dey_5.4.bb
@@ -22,24 +22,6 @@ FILES_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image += "/boot/config-${KERNEL_VERSION}"
 # Don't include kernels in standard images
 RDEPENDS_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base = ""
 
-# A user can provide his own kernel 'defconfig' file by:
-# - setting the variable KERNEL_DEFCONFIG to a custom kernel configuration file
-#   inside the kernel repository.
-# - setting the variable KERNEL_DEFCONFIG to a kernel configuration file using
-#   the full path to the file.
-# - clearing the variable KERNEL_DEFCONFIG and providing a kernel configuration
-#   file in the layer (in this case the file must be named 'defconfig').
-# Otherwise the default platform's kernel configuration file will be taken from
-# the Linux source code tree.
-do_copy_defconfig[vardeps] += "KERNEL_DEFCONFIG"
-do_copy_defconfig[dirs] = "${S}"
-do_copy_defconfig () {
-	if [ -n "${KERNEL_DEFCONFIG}" ]; then
-		cp -f ${KERNEL_DEFCONFIG} ${WORKDIR}/defconfig
-	fi
-}
-addtask copy_defconfig after do_patch before do_kernel_localversion
-
 # Apply configuration fragments
 do_configure_append() {
 	# Only accept fragments ending in .cfg. If the fragments contain