diff --git a/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh b/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh
index 4386b985bb..89d30005fd 100644
--- a/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh
+++ b/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 # limit the length for target_sdk_dir, ensure the relocation behaviour in relocate_sdk.py has right result.
-if [ ${#target_sdk_dir} -gt 2048 ]; then
+# This is due to ELF interpreter being set to 'a'*1024 in
+# meta/recipes-core/meta/uninative-tarball.bb
+if [ ${#target_sdk_dir} -gt 1024 ]; then
 	echo "Error: The target directory path is too long!!!"
 	exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/uninative-tarball.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/uninative-tarball.bb
index 7eebcaf11a..0fd01fdb64 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/uninative-tarball.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/uninative-tarball.bb
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ fakeroot archive_sdk() {
 	DEST="./${SDK_ARCH}-${SDK_OS}"
 	mv sysroots/${SDK_SYS} $DEST
 	rm sysroots -rf
+	# There is a check in meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh -- make sure to
+	# keep that check up to date if changing the `1024`
 	patchelf --set-interpreter ${@''.join('a' for n in range(1024))} $DEST/usr/bin/patchelf
 	mv $DEST/usr/bin/patchelf $DEST/usr/bin/patchelf-uninative
 	${SDK_ARCHIVE_CMD}