diff --git a/srcpkgs/xen/template b/srcpkgs/xen/template
index a2c0bfc6a5b..7e88d1837e3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xen/template
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ do_build() {
 		install -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 		cd ${DESTDIR}/usr
 		ln -sf lib lib64
-		cd ${wrksrc}
 	fi
+	cd ${wrksrc}
 	unset CC LD AR AS RANLIB CPP CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
 	make ${makejobs} DISTDIR=${DESTDIR}
 }