diff --git a/meta/classes/mime.bbclass b/meta/classes/mime.bbclass
index dcdc27a74c..6302747dc1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/mime.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/mime.bbclass
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ python populate_packages_append () {
 			postrm += d.getVar('mime_postrm', True)
 			d.setVar('pkg_postrm_%s' % pkg, postrm)
 			bb.note("adding shared-mime-info-data dependency to %s" % pkg)
-			rdepends = explode_deps(d.getVar('RDEPENDS_' + pkg, False) or d.getVar('RDEPENDS', False)) or ""
+			rdepends = explode_deps(d.getVar('RDEPENDS_' + pkg, False) or d.getVar('RDEPENDS', False) or "" ) 
 			rdepends.append("shared-mime-info-data")
 			d.setVar('RDEPENDS_' + pkg, " " + " ".join(rdepends))
 }