diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 5e04fda..decf6f5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ python populate_packages_prepend () {
     # avoid warnings. removedirs only raises an OSError if an empty
     # directory cannot be removed.
     dvar = d.getVar('PKGD', True)
-    for dir in ["%s/etc/modprobe.d" % (dvar), "%s/etc/modules-load.d" % (dvar)]:
+    for dir in ["%s/etc/modprobe.d" % (dvar), "%s/etc/modules-load.d" % (dvar), "%s/etc/" % (dvar)]:
         if len(os.listdir(dir)) == 0:
             os.rmdir(dir)