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 19dad04c0..29145ed4f 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
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ do_copy_defconfig () {
 		cp -f ${KERNEL_DEFCONFIG} ${WORKDIR}/defconfig
 	fi
 }
-addtask copy_defconfig after do_patch before do_preconfigure
+addtask copy_defconfig after do_patch before do_kernel_localversion
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(ccimx6ul|ccimx8x|ccimx8m|ccimx6)"