diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/extract_funcs.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/extract_funcs.sh
index 54de03c56c3..607678c77d3 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/extract_funcs.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/extract_funcs.sh
@@ -162,5 +162,6 @@ extract_distfiles()
 		esac
 	done
 
+	touch -f $XBPS_FETCH_DONE
 	touch -f $XBPS_EXTRACT_DONE
 }
diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh
index 334def30ac2..02eda19abfe 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh
@@ -146,5 +146,4 @@ fetch_distfiles()
 	done
 
 	unset cksum found
-	touch -f $XBPS_FETCH_DONE
 }