diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
index d35632071b..75b1cb2a49 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[dt-validation] = ",,python3-dtschema-native"
 # we need the wrappers if validation isn't in the packageconfig
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'dt-validation', '', 'python3-dtschema-wrapper-native', d)}"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv32|qemuriscv64)"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv32|qemuriscv64)$"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.10.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.10.bb
index 9387c67cfb..aac5e97657 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.10.bb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL = "1"
 
 LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE = "preempt-rt"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemuppc|qemumips)"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemuppc|qemumips)$"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.15.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.15.bb
index 32c7db2c74..61200cc456 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_5.15.bb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL = "1"
 
 LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE = "preempt-rt"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemuppc|qemumips)"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemuppc|qemumips)$"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.10.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.10.bb
index d7aa3281cc..d9b5e00378 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.10.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
 SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto.git;branch=${KBRANCH};name=machine \
            git://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-kernel-cache;type=kmeta;name=meta;branch=yocto-5.10;destsuffix=${KMETA}"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5)$"
 
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_FEATURES = ""
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.15.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.15.bb
index 8eb138e78b..0707b41494 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-tiny_5.15.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
 SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto.git;branch=${KBRANCH};name=machine \
            git://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-kernel-cache;type=kmeta;name=meta;branch=yocto-5.15;destsuffix=${KMETA}"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm64|qemuarm|qemuarmv5)$"
 
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_FEATURES = ""
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.10.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.10.bb
index 73a58e59a0..bc4430cc1c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.10.bb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL = "1"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemux86|qemuppc|qemuppc64|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv64|qemuriscv32"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemux86|qemuppc|qemuppc64|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv64|qemuriscv32)$"
 
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES ?= "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.15.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.15.bb
index 083f87727b..7ea8932186 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_5.15.bb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL = "1"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "versatile-pb.dtb"
 
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemux86|qemuppc|qemuppc64|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv64|qemuriscv32"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemux86|qemuppc|qemuppc64|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv64|qemuriscv32)$"
 
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES ?= "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc"
