1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/package/buildtar b/scripts/package/buildtar
index 995c1eafaff6..e046bff33589 100644
--- a/scripts/package/buildtar
+++ b/scripts/package/buildtar
@@ -125,12 +125,11 @@ esac
 # Create the tarball
 #
 (
-        cd "${tmpdir}"
         opts=
         if tar --owner=root --group=root --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 opts="--owner=root --group=root"
         fi
-        tar cf - boot/* lib/* $opts | ${compress} > "${tarball}${file_ext}"
+        tar cf - -C "$tmpdir" boot/ lib/ $opts | ${compress} > "${tarball}${file_ext}"
 )
 
 echo "Tarball successfully created in ${tarball}${file_ext}"