diff --git a/classes/sysmocom-archiver.bbclass b/classes/sysmocom-archiver.bbclass
index 1510e8784c..3bc84b01a2 100644
--- a/classes/sysmocom-archiver.bbclass
+++ b/classes/sysmocom-archiver.bbclass
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@ def get_licenses(d):
                         clean_licenses += x
         if '|' in clean_licenses:
                 clean_licenses = clean_licenses.replace('|','')
-        return clean_licenses
+        # linux-firmware has many many licenses, leading to too long path
+        # so let's truncate it at 200...
+        return clean_licenses[0:200]
 
 def move_tarball_deploy(d,tarball_list):
     '''move tarball in location to ${DEPLOY_DIR}/sources'''