diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
index b3a3a444ee..8f7c10ac9b 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ def npm_filename(package, version):
     """Get the filename of a npm package"""
     return npm_package(package) + "-" + version + ".tgz"
 
-def npm_localfile(package, version):
+def npm_localfile(package, version=None):
     """Get the local filename of a npm package"""
-    return os.path.join("npm2", npm_filename(package, version))
+    if version is not None:
+        filename = npm_filename(package, version)
+    else:
+        filename = package
+    return os.path.join("npm2", filename)
 
 def npm_integrity(integrity):
     """
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ class Npm(FetchMethod):
         # Using the 'downloadfilename' parameter as local filename
         # or the npm package name.
         if "downloadfilename" in ud.parm:
-            ud.localfile = d.expand(ud.parm["downloadfilename"])
+            ud.localfile = npm_localfile(d.expand(ud.parm["downloadfilename"]))
         else:
             ud.localfile = npm_localfile(ud.package, ud.version)
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npmsw.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npmsw.py
index 879ba5de0f..a8c4d3528f 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npmsw.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npmsw.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class NpmShrinkWrap(FetchMethod):
 
             # Handle http tarball sources
             elif version.startswith("http") and integrity:
-                localfile = os.path.join("npm2", os.path.basename(version))
+                localfile = npm_localfile(os.path.basename(version))
 
                 uri = URI(version)
                 uri.params["downloadfilename"] = localfile
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 8b13e178e6..3fd8fac229 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ class NPMTest(FetcherTest):
         url = 'npm://registry.npmjs.org;package=@savoirfairelinux/node-server-example;version=1.0.0;destsuffix=foo/bar;downloadfilename=foo-bar.tgz'
         fetcher = bb.fetch.Fetch([url], self.d)
         fetcher.download()
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.dldir, 'foo-bar.tgz')))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.dldir, 'npm2', 'foo-bar.tgz')))
         fetcher.unpack(self.unpackdir)
         unpackdir = os.path.join(self.unpackdir, 'foo', 'bar')
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(unpackdir, 'package.json')))