diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 724e5cd..f78d63b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -212,8 +212,13 @@ python do_kernel_configcheck() {
 
     bb.plain("NOTE: validating kernel configuration")
 
+    # if KMETA isn't set globally by a recipe using this routine, we need to
+    # set the default to 'meta'. Otherwise, kconf_check is not passed a valid
+    # meta-series for processing
+    kmeta = d.getVar( "KMETA", True ) or "meta"
+
     pathprefix = "export PATH=%s:%s; " % (d.getVar('PATH', True), "${S}/scripts/util/")
-    cmd = d.expand("cd ${S}; kconf_check -config- ${KMETA}/meta-series ${S} ${B}")
+    cmd = d.expand("cd ${S}; kconf_check -config- %s/meta-series ${S} ${B}" % kmeta)
     ret, result = commands.getstatusoutput("%s%s" % (pathprefix, cmd))
 
     bb.plain( "%s" % result )
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 e8926ee..1381fd1 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=d8d1d729a70c
 
 DEPENDS = "git-native guilt-native"
 
-SRCREV = "0c7b625280eb9ff62d40b53308e7238ddd164f38"
+SRCREV = "a04138a02644eada0d012196e5ac3db4f516114d"
 PR = "r12"
 PV = "0.1+git${SRCPV}"