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diff --git a/meta/classes/packagedata.bbclass b/meta/classes/packagedata.bbclass
index d1aedf2289..3397f1e36b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/packagedata.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/packagedata.bbclass
@@ -22,5 +22,13 @@ python read_subpackage_metadata () {
bb.fatal("Recipe %s is trying to create package %s which was already written by recipe %s. This will cause corruption, please resolve this and only provide the package from one recipe or the other or only build one of the recipes." % (vars[key], pkg, sdata[key]))
bb.fatal("Recipe %s is trying to change %s from '%s' to '%s'. This will cause do_package_write_* failures since the incorrect data will be used and they will be unable to find the right workdir." % (vars["PN"], key, vars[key], sdata[key]))
continue
- d.setVar(key, sdata[key])
+ #
+ # If we set unsuffixed variables here there is a chance they could clobber override versions
+ # of that variable, e.g. DESCRIPTION could clobber DESCRIPTION_<pkgname>
+ # We therefore don't clobber for the unsuffixed variable versions
+ #
+ if key.endswith("_" + pkg):
+ d.setVar(key, sdata[key])
+ else:
+ d.setVar(key, sdata[key], parsing=True)
}