diff --git a/meta/classes/useradd.bbclass b/meta/classes/useradd.bbclass
index 0ed91ad2c6..6ae5e48420 100644
--- a/meta/classes/useradd.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/useradd.bbclass
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ SYSROOTPOSTFUNC_virtclass-cross = ""
 SYSROOTPOSTFUNC_virtclass-native = ""
 SYSROOTPOSTFUNC_virtclass-nativesdk = ""
 
-USERADDSETSCENEDEPS = "base-passwd:do_populate_sysroot_setscene shadow-native:do_populate_sysroot_setscene ${MLPREFIX}shadow-sysroot:do_populate_sysroot_setscene"
+USERADDSETSCENEDEPS = "${MLPREFIX}base-passwd:do_populate_sysroot_setscene shadow-native:do_populate_sysroot_setscene ${MLPREFIX}shadow-sysroot:do_populate_sysroot_setscene"
 USERADDSETSCENEDEPS_virtclass-cross = ""
 USERADDSETSCENEDEPS_virtclass-native = ""
 USERADDSETSCENEDEPS_virtclass-nativesdk = ""