diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd_2.10.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd_2.10.bb
index dbdc5c1bdf4..3383f6cac57 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd_2.10.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd_2.10.bb
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ SRC_URI = " \
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "206e7c799b678572c2e3d12030238784bc4a9f82323b0156b4c9466f1498915d"
 
-S = "${WORKDIR}/hostapd-${PV}"
-B = "${WORKDIR}/hostapd-${PV}/hostapd"
-
 inherit update-rc.d systemd pkgconfig features_check
 
 CONFLICT_DISTRO_FEATURES = "openssl-no-weak-ciphers"
@@ -29,20 +26,20 @@ SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "hostapd.service"
 SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE:${PN} = "disable"
 
 do_configure:append() {
-    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/defconfig ${B}/.config
+    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/defconfig ${B}/hostapd/.config
 }
 
 do_compile() {
     export CFLAGS="-MMD -O2 -Wall -g"
     export EXTRA_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
-    make V=1
+    make -C hostapd V=1
 }
 
 do_install() {
     install -d ${D}${sbindir} ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
-    install -m 0644 ${B}/hostapd.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}
-    install -m 0755 ${B}/hostapd ${D}${sbindir}
-    install -m 0755 ${B}/hostapd_cli ${D}${sbindir}
+    install -m 0644 ${B}/hostapd/hostapd.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}
+    install -m 0755 ${B}/hostapd/hostapd ${D}${sbindir}
+    install -m 0755 ${B}/hostapd/hostapd_cli ${D}${sbindir}
     install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/hostapd
     install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/hostapd.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
     sed -i -e 's,@SBINDIR@,${sbindir},g' -e 's,@SYSCONFDIR@,${sysconfdir},g' ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/hostapd.service