diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc
index 83cedbcc11..ede7bb1172 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ do_install () {
 }
 
 docbook_sgml_dtd_sstate_postinst () {
-	# Ensure that the catalog file sgml-docbook.cat is properly
-	# updated when the package is installed from sstate cache.
-	install-catalog \
-		--add ${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat \
-		${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}.cat
+	if [ "${BB_CURRENTTASK}" = "populate_sysroot" -o "${BB_CURRENTTASK}" = "populate_sysroot_setscene" ]
+	then
+		# Ensure that the catalog file sgml-docbook.cat is properly
+		# updated when the package is installed from sstate cache.
+		install-catalog \
+			--add ${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat \
+			${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}.cat
+	fi
 }