diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-diffsigs b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-diffsigs
index 08ae00db0f..196f0b73e8 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-diffsigs
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-diffsigs
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ logger = logger_create('bitbake-diffsigs')
 def find_compare_task(bbhandler, pn, taskname):
     """ Find the most recent signature files for the specified PN/task and compare them """
 
+    def get_hashval(siginfo):
+        if siginfo.endswith('.siginfo'):
+            return siginfo.rpartition(':')[2].partition('_')[0]
+        else:
+            return siginfo.rpartition('.')[2]
+
     if not hasattr(bb.siggen, 'find_siginfo'):
         logger.error('Metadata does not support finding signature data files')
         sys.exit(1)
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ def find_compare_task(bbhandler, pn, taskname):
         taskname = 'do_%s' % taskname
 
     filedates = bb.siggen.find_siginfo(pn, taskname, None, bbhandler.config_data)
-    latestfiles = sorted(filedates.keys(), key=lambda f: filedates[f])[-2:]
+    latestfiles = sorted(filedates.keys(), key=lambda f: filedates[f])[-3:]
     if not latestfiles:
         logger.error('No sigdata files found matching %s %s' % (pn, taskname))
         sys.exit(1)
@@ -62,6 +68,16 @@ def find_compare_task(bbhandler, pn, taskname):
         logger.error('Only one matching sigdata file found for the specified task (%s %s)' % (pn, taskname))
         sys.exit(1)
     else:
+        # It's possible that latestfiles contain 3 elements and the first two have the same hash value.
+        # In this case, we delete the second element.
+        # The above case is actually the most common one. Because we may have sigdata file and siginfo
+        # file having the same hash value. Comparing such two files makes no sense.
+        if len(latestfiles) == 3:
+            hash0 = get_hashval(latestfiles[0])
+            hash1 = get_hashval(latestfiles[1])
+            if hash0 == hash1:
+                latestfiles.pop(1)
+
         # Define recursion callback
         def recursecb(key, hash1, hash2):
             hashes = [hash1, hash2]