diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 78a1309..ffc0b4c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ do_patch() {
 			addon_features="$addon_features --feature $feat"
 		done
 	fi
-	updateme ${addon_features} ${ARCH} ${MACHINE} ${WORKDIR}
+	updateme --branch ${kbranch} ${addon_features} ${ARCH} ${MACHINE} ${WORKDIR}
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		echo "ERROR. Could not update ${kbranch}"
 		exit 1
@@ -87,9 +87,12 @@ do_kernel_configme() {
 	if [ -n "${YOCTO_KERNEL_EXTERNAL_BRANCH}" ]; then
            # switch from a generic to a specific branch
            kbranch=${YOCTO_KERNEL_EXTERNAL_BRANCH}
+           cd ${S}
+           git checkout ${kbranch}
+	else
+	   cd ${S}
 	fi
 
-	cd ${S}
 	configme --reconfig --output ${B} ${kbranch} ${MACHINE}
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		echo "ERROR. Could not configure ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb
index cc71179..820765e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://git/tools/kgit;beginline=5;endline=9;md5=e2bf4415f3d8
 
 DEPENDS = "git-native guilt-native"
 
-SRCREV = "92b965b02e3ac32badde3ee71a1e7d3a85cedeb8"
+SRCREV = "c5896a60acc61f8966cfee3bb241ff564610cea4"
 PR = r10
 PV = "0.1+git${SRCPV}"