diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
index e438694082..7aaf9309bd 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ def movefile(src, dest, newmtime = None, sstat = None):
             os.rename(src, destpath)
             renamefailed = 0
         except Exception as e:
-            if e[0] != errno.EXDEV:
+            if e.errno != errno.EXDEV:
                 # Some random error.
                 print("movefile: Failed to move", src, "to", dest, e)
                 return None