diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index 701a19bc61..240ae111ee 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ sstate_task_postfunc[dirs] = "${WORKDIR}"
 sstate_create_package () {
 	# Exit early if it already exists
 	if [ -e ${SSTATE_PKG} ]; then
-		[ ! -w ${SSTATE_PKG} ] || touch ${SSTATE_PKG}
+		touch ${SSTATE_PKG} 2>/dev/null || true
 		return
 	fi
 
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ sstate_create_package () {
 	else
 		rm $TFILE
 	fi
-	[ ! -w ${SSTATE_PKG} ] || touch ${SSTATE_PKG}
+	touch ${SSTATE_PKG} 2>/dev/null || true
 }
 
 python sstate_sign_package () {