diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
index 6a12e1fed2..c8eb65567f 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ def fork_off_task(cfg, data, databuilder, workerdata, fn, task, taskname, taskha
                 the_data = databuilder.mcdata[mc]
                 the_data.setVar("BB_WORKERCONTEXT", "1")
                 the_data.setVar("BB_TASKDEPDATA", taskdepdata)
+                the_data.setVar('BB_CURRENTTASK', taskname.replace("do_", ""))
                 if cfg.limited_deps:
                     the_data.setVar("BB_LIMITEDDEPS", "1")
                 the_data.setVar("BUILDNAME", workerdata["buildname"])
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py
index 7e4ab9f64c..d6418e40b3 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py
@@ -569,7 +569,6 @@ exit $ret
 def _task_data(fn, task, d):
     localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
     localdata.setVar('BB_FILENAME', fn)
-    localdata.setVar('BB_CURRENTTASK', task[3:])
     localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', 'task-%s:%s' %
                      (task[3:].replace('_', '-'), d.getVar('OVERRIDES', False)))
     localdata.finalize()
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/runqueue-tests/conf/bitbake.conf b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/runqueue-tests/conf/bitbake.conf
index efebf001a9..2645c0e985 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/runqueue-tests/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/runqueue-tests/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ STAMP = "${TMPDIR}/stamps/${PN}"
 T = "${TMPDIR}/workdir/${PN}/temp"
 BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "4"
 
-BB_HASHBASE_WHITELIST = "BB_CURRENT_MC BB_HASHSERVE TMPDIR TOPDIR SLOWTASKS SSTATEVALID FILE"
+BB_HASHBASE_WHITELIST = "BB_CURRENT_MC BB_HASHSERVE TMPDIR TOPDIR SLOWTASKS SSTATEVALID FILE BB_CURRENTTASK"
 
 include conf/multiconfig/${BB_CURRENT_MC}.conf