diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 02d7ff9768..864708ee4a 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -1813,6 +1813,7 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
         self.build_stamps2 = []
         self.failed_tids = []
         self.sq_deferred = {}
+        self.sq_needed_harddeps = set()
 
         self.stampcache = {}
 
@@ -2140,7 +2141,10 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
             # Find the next setscene to run
             for nexttask in self.sorted_setscene_tids:
                 if nexttask in self.sq_buildable and nexttask not in self.sq_running and self.sqdata.stamps[nexttask] not in self.build_stamps.values():
-                    if nexttask not in self.sqdata.unskippable and self.sqdata.sq_revdeps[nexttask] and self.sqdata.sq_revdeps[nexttask].issubset(self.scenequeue_covered) and self.check_dependencies(nexttask, self.sqdata.sq_revdeps[nexttask]):
+                    if nexttask not in self.sqdata.unskippable and self.sqdata.sq_revdeps[nexttask] and \
+                            nexttask not in self.sq_needed_harddeps and \
+                            self.sqdata.sq_revdeps[nexttask].issubset(self.scenequeue_covered) and \
+                            self.check_dependencies(nexttask, self.sqdata.sq_revdeps[nexttask]):
                         if nexttask not in self.rqdata.target_tids:
                             logger.debug2("Skipping setscene for task %s" % nexttask)
                             self.sq_task_skip(nexttask)
@@ -2148,6 +2152,18 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
                             if nexttask in self.sq_deferred:
                                 del self.sq_deferred[nexttask]
                             return True
+                    if nexttask in self.sqdata.sq_harddeps_rev and not self.sqdata.sq_harddeps_rev[nexttask].issubset(self.scenequeue_covered | self.scenequeue_notcovered):
+                        logger.debug2("Deferring %s due to hard dependencies" % nexttask)
+                        updated = False
+                        for dep in self.sqdata.sq_harddeps_rev[nexttask]:
+                            if dep not in self.sq_needed_harddeps:
+                                logger.debug2("Enabling task %s as it is a hard dependency" % dep)
+                                self.sq_buildable.add(dep)
+                                self.sq_needed_harddeps.add(dep)
+                                updated = True
+                        if updated:
+                            return True
+                        continue
                     # If covered tasks are running, need to wait for them to complete
                     for t in self.sqdata.sq_covered_tasks[nexttask]:
                         if t in self.runq_running and t not in self.runq_complete:
@@ -2596,8 +2612,8 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
         update_tasks2 = []
         for tid in update_tasks:
             harddepfail = False
-            for t in self.sqdata.sq_harddeps:
-                if tid in self.sqdata.sq_harddeps[t] and t in self.scenequeue_notcovered:
+            for t in self.sqdata.sq_harddeps_rev[tid]:
+                if t in self.scenequeue_notcovered:
                     harddepfail = True
                     break
             if not harddepfail and self.sqdata.sq_revdeps[tid].issubset(self.scenequeue_covered | self.scenequeue_notcovered):
@@ -2629,12 +2645,13 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
 
         if changed:
             self.stats.updateCovered(len(self.scenequeue_covered), len(self.scenequeue_notcovered))
+            self.sq_needed_harddeps = set()
             self.holdoff_need_update = True
 
     def scenequeue_updatecounters(self, task, fail=False):
 
-        for dep in sorted(self.sqdata.sq_deps[task]):
-            if fail and task in self.sqdata.sq_harddeps and dep in self.sqdata.sq_harddeps[task]:
+        if fail and task in self.sqdata.sq_harddeps:
+            for dep in sorted(self.sqdata.sq_harddeps[task]):
                 if dep in self.scenequeue_covered or dep in self.scenequeue_notcovered:
                     # dependency could be already processed, e.g. noexec setscene task
                     continue
@@ -2644,6 +2661,7 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
                 logger.debug2("%s was unavailable and is a hard dependency of %s so skipping" % (task, dep))
                 self.sq_task_failoutright(dep)
                 continue
+        for dep in sorted(self.sqdata.sq_deps[task]):
             if self.sqdata.sq_revdeps[dep].issubset(self.scenequeue_covered | self.scenequeue_notcovered):
                 if dep not in self.sq_buildable:
                     self.sq_buildable.add(dep)
@@ -2780,6 +2798,7 @@ class SQData(object):
         self.sq_revdeps = {}
         # Injected inter-setscene task dependencies
         self.sq_harddeps = {}
+        self.sq_harddeps_rev = {}
         # Cache of stamp files so duplicates can't run in parallel
         self.stamps = {}
         # Setscene tasks directly depended upon by the build
@@ -2907,6 +2926,7 @@ def build_scenequeue_data(sqdata, rqdata, sqrq):
         idepends = rqdata.taskData[mc].taskentries[realtid].idepends
         sqdata.stamps[tid] = bb.parse.siggen.stampfile_mcfn(taskname, taskfn, extrainfo=False)
 
+        sqdata.sq_harddeps_rev[tid] = set()
         for (depname, idependtask) in idepends:
 
             if depname not in rqdata.taskData[mc].build_targets:
@@ -2919,20 +2939,15 @@ def build_scenequeue_data(sqdata, rqdata, sqrq):
             if deptid not in rqdata.runtaskentries:
                 bb.msg.fatal("RunQueue", "Task %s depends upon non-existent task %s:%s" % (realtid, depfn, idependtask))
 
+            logger.debug2("Adding hard setscene dependency %s for %s" % (deptid, tid))
+
             if not deptid in sqdata.sq_harddeps:
                 sqdata.sq_harddeps[deptid] = set()
             sqdata.sq_harddeps[deptid].add(tid)
-
-            sq_revdeps_squash[tid].add(deptid)
-            # Have to zero this to avoid circular dependencies
-            sq_revdeps_squash[deptid] = set()
+            sqdata.sq_harddeps_rev[tid].add(deptid)
 
     rqdata.init_progress_reporter.next_stage()
 
-    for task in sqdata.sq_harddeps:
-        for dep in sqdata.sq_harddeps[task]:
-            sq_revdeps_squash[dep].add(task)
-
     rqdata.init_progress_reporter.next_stage()
 
     #for tid in sq_revdeps_squash: