diff --git a/srcpkgs/bash/template b/srcpkgs/bash/template
index 376f43e41be..0ac51bed52d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bash/template
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pre_configure()
 	local url="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.0-patches"
 
 	if [ "${bash_patchlevel}" -gt 000 ]; then
+		cd ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR} || return 1
 		for p in $(seq -w 001 ${bash_patchlevel}); do
 			[ -f ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/bash40-${p} ] && continue
 			$XBPS_FETCH_CMD ${url}/bash40-$p