diff --git a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
index 46ea41e271..db34b4bdb5 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
@@ -1214,11 +1214,12 @@ python do_qa_patch() {
     import re
     from oe import patch
 
+    coremeta_path = os.path.join(d.getVar('COREBASE'), 'meta', '')
     for url in patch.src_patches(d):
        (_, _, fullpath, _, _, _) = bb.fetch.decodeurl(url)
 
        # skip patches not in oe-core
-       if '/meta/' not in fullpath:
+       if not os.path.abspath(fullpath).startswith(coremeta_path):
            continue
 
        kinda_status_re = re.compile(r"^.*upstream.*status.*$", re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE)