diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
index 6fb37128ea..9b4a4f97b5 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ def remove(name, handler):
     """Remove an Event handler"""
     _handlers.pop(name)
 
+def get_handlers():
+    return _handlers
+
+def set_handlers(handlers):
+    global _handlers
+    _handlers = handlers
+
 def set_eventfilter(func):
     global _eventfilter
     _eventfilter = func
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/ast.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/ast.py
index 548929f63d..8b9baa764c 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/ast.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/ast.py
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ def handleInherit(statements, filename, lineno, m):
     statements.append(InheritNode(filename, lineno, classes))
 
 def finalize(fn, d, variant = None):
-    all_handlers = {}
+    saved_handlers = bb.event.get_handlers().copy()
+
     for var in d.getVar('__BBHANDLERS', False) or []:
         # try to add the handler
         handlerfn = d.getVarFlag(var, "filename", False)
@@ -331,6 +332,7 @@ def finalize(fn, d, variant = None):
     d.setVar('BBINCLUDED', bb.parse.get_file_depends(d))
 
     bb.event.fire(bb.event.RecipeParsed(fn), d)
+    bb.event.set_handlers(saved_handlers)
 
 def _create_variants(datastores, names, function, onlyfinalise):
     def create_variant(name, orig_d, arg = None):