diff --git a/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass b/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
index 87d0cd4..61b7765 100644
--- a/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ python multilib_virtclass_handler () {
     e.data.setVar("MLPREFIX", variant + "-")
     e.data.setVar("PN", variant + "-" + e.data.getVar("PN", False))
     e.data.setVar("SHLIBSDIR_virtclass-multilib-" + variant ,e.data.getVar("SHLIBSDIR", False) + "/" + variant)
-    e.data.setVar("TARGET_VENDOR_virtclass-multilib-" + variant, e.data.getVar("TARGET_VENDOR", False) + "ml" + variant)
+    if e.data.getVar("TARGET_VENDOR_virtclass-multilib-" + variant, False) is None:
+	    e.data.setVar("TARGET_VENDOR_virtclass-multilib-" + variant, e.data.getVar("TARGET_VENDOR", False) + "ml" + variant)
     e.data.setVar("OVERRIDES", e.data.getVar("OVERRIDES", False) + override)
 }