diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index ff25834..a2b45bc 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ def copy_data(e):
 
 addhandler check_sanity_eventhandler
 python check_sanity_eventhandler() {
-    if bb.event.getName(e) == "ConfigParsed" and e.data.getVar("BB_WORKERCONTEXT", True) != "1" and e.data.getVar("DISABLE_SANITY_CHECKS", True) != "1":
+    if bb.event.getName(e) == "BuildStarted" and e.data.getVar("BB_WORKERCONTEXT", True) != "1" and e.data.getVar("DISABLE_SANITY_CHECKS", True) != "1":
         sanity_data = copy_data(e)
         check_sanity(sanity_data)
     elif bb.event.getName(e) == "SanityCheck":