diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 0986858b48..aaaa2241a1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ log_check() {
 	done
 }
 
-MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP =. "${base_bindir}|${base_sbindir}|${bindir}|${sbindir}|${libexecdir}|"
+MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP =. "${base_bindir}|${base_sbindir}|${bindir}|${sbindir}|${libexecdir}|/lib/modules/[^/]*/modules.*|"
 MULTILIB_CHECK_FILE = "${WORKDIR}/multilib_check.py"
 MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS = "${WORKDIR}/multilib"