diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index aabca789cf..ce125b4cfb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 S = "${WORKDIR}/linux"
 
 
+# returns local (absolute) path names for all valid patches in the
+# src_uri
 def find_patches(d):
 	patches=src_patches(d)
 	patch_list=[]
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ def find_patches(d):
 
 	return patch_list
 
+# returns all the elements from the src uri that are .scc files
 def find_sccs(d):
 	sources=src_patches(d, True)
 	sources_list=[]
@@ -20,6 +23,22 @@ def find_sccs(d):
 
 	return sources_list
 
+# this is different from find_patches, in that it returns a colon separated
+# list of <patches>:<subdir> instead of just a list of patches
+def find_urls(d):
+	patches=src_patches(d)
+	fetch = bb.fetch2.Fetch([], d)
+	patch_list=[]
+	for p in patches:
+		_, _, local, _, _, _ = bb.decodeurl(p)
+		for url in fetch.urls:
+			urldata = fetch.ud[url]
+			if urldata.localpath == local:
+				patch_list.append(local+':'+urldata.path)
+
+        return patch_list
+
+
 do_patch() {
 	cd ${S}
 	if [ -f ${WORKDIR}/defconfig ]; then
@@ -51,8 +70,8 @@ do_patch() {
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
-	patches="${@" ".join(find_patches(d))}"
 	sccs="${@" ".join(find_sccs(d))}"
+	patches_and_dirs="${@" ".join(find_urls(d))}"
 
 	# This loops through all patches, and looks for directories that do
 	# not already have feature descriptions. If a directory doesn't have
@@ -66,14 +85,16 @@ do_patch() {
 	# to be repeated on the SRC_URI line .. which is more intutive
 	set +e
 	patch_dirs=
-	for p in ${patches}; do
+	for pp in ${patches_and_dirs}; do
+	        p=`echo $pp | cut -f1 -d:`
+		wp=`echo $pp | cut -f2 -d:`
 		pdir=`dirname ${p}`
 		pname=`basename ${p}`
 		scc=`find ${pdir} -maxdepth 1 -name '*.scc'`
 		if [ -z "${scc}" ]; then
 			# there is no scc file. We need to switch to someplace that we know
 		        # we can create content (the workdir)
-			workdir_subdir=`echo ${pdir} | sed "s%^.*/${PN}%%" | sed 's%^/%%'`
+			workdir_subdir=`dirname ${wp}`
 			suggested_dir="${WORKDIR}/${workdir_subdir}"
 			echo ${gen_feature_dirs} | grep -q ${suggested_dir}
 			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -82,7 +103,8 @@ do_patch() {
 			# we call the file *.scc_tmp, so the test above will continue to find
 			# that patches from a common subdirectory don't have a scc file and 
 			# they'll be placed in order, into this file. We'll rename it later.
-			echo "patch ${pname}" >> ${suggested_dir}/gen_${workdir_subdir}_desc.scc_tmp
+			gen_feature_name="gen_`echo ${workdir_subdir} | sed 's%/%%g'`_desc.scc_tmp"
+			echo "patch ${pname}" >> ${WORKDIR}/${workdir_subdir}/${gen_feature_name}
 		else
 			suggested_dir="${pdir}"
 		fi