diff --git a/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass b/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass
index 21cd5be3cb..10deba638f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ python do_create_spdx() {
                     pkgdest / package,
                     lambda file_counter: oe.sbom.get_packaged_file_spdxid(pkg_name, file_counter),
                     lambda filepath: ["BINARY"],
+                    ignore_top_level_dirs=['CONTROL', 'DEBIAN'],
                     archive=archive,
                 )