diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 0330270d3f..50226f6d49 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ do_kernel_checkout[dirs] = "${S}"
 addtask kernel_checkout before do_kernel_metadata after do_unpack
 addtask kernel_metadata after do_validate_branches do_unpack before do_patch
 do_kernel_metadata[depends] = "kern-tools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_validate_branches[depends] = "kern-tools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 
 do_kernel_configme[dirs] += "${S} ${B}"
 do_kernel_configme() {
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb
index 03f8ce3cc2..5e65469a69 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://git/tools/kgit;beginline=5;endline=9;md5=a6c2fa8aef1b
 
 DEPENDS = "git-native"
 
-SRCREV = "5deada879404820db146685729e89ba0887fc0ee"
+SRCREV = "bd7447cd6274d764a129dcdc246cdbfd8c47b991"
 PR = "r12"
 PV = "0.2+git${SRCPV}"