diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
index 2d1ed51116..6e313fee8b 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ class BuildInfoHelper(object):
     ## methods to convert event/external info into objects that the ORM layer uses
 
 
-    def _get_build_information(self):
+    def _get_build_information(self, consolelogfile):
         build_info = {}
         # Generate an identifier for each new build
 
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ class BuildInfoHelper(object):
         build_info['distro_version'] = self.server.runCommand(["getVariable", "DISTRO_VERSION"])[0]
         build_info['started_on'] = timezone.now()
         build_info['completed_on'] = timezone.now()
-        build_info['cooker_log_path'] = self.server.runCommand(["getVariable", "BB_CONSOLELOG"])[0]
+        build_info['cooker_log_path'] = consolelogfile
         build_info['build_name'] = self.server.runCommand(["getVariable", "BUILDNAME"])[0]
         build_info['bitbake_version'] = self.server.runCommand(["getVariable", "BB_VERSION"])[0]
 
@@ -847,9 +847,9 @@ class BuildInfoHelper(object):
                 logger.warn("buildinfohelper: cannot identify layer exception:%s ", nee)
 
 
-    def store_started_build(self, event):
+    def store_started_build(self, event, consolelogfile):
         assert '_pkgs' in vars(event)
-        build_information = self._get_build_information()
+        build_information = self._get_build_information(consolelogfile)
 
         build_obj = self.orm_wrapper.create_build_object(build_information, self.brbe, self.project)
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/toasterui.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/toasterui.py
index 9c7e87dd1e..e0c278bb3e 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/toasterui.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/toasterui.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def main(server, eventHandler, params ):
             # the code will look into the protected variables of the event; no easy way around this
 
             if isinstance(event, bb.event.BuildStarted):
-                buildinfohelper.store_started_build(event)
+                buildinfohelper.store_started_build(event, consolelogfile)
 
             if isinstance(event, (bb.build.TaskStarted, bb.build.TaskSucceeded, bb.build.TaskFailedSilent)):
                 buildinfohelper.update_and_store_task(event)