diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf-c_1.3.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf-c_1.3.3.bb
index bb8aecded3..6fef0bed2c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf-c_1.3.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf-c_1.3.3.bb
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
+# After several fix attempts there is still a race between generating
+# t.test-full.pb.h and compiling cxx_generate_packed_data.c despite
+# BUILT_SOURCES and explicit dependencies.
+PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
+
 PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN = "${PN}-compiler"
 
 FILES_${PN}-compiler = "${bindir}"