diff --git a/core/autoload/packages.el b/core/autoload/packages.el
index 64f302e0b..e096a6d05 100644
--- a/core/autoload/packages.el
+++ b/core/autoload/packages.el
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ appropriate."
                  (if (package-desc-p archive)
                      (package-compute-transaction (list archive) (package-desc-reqs archive))
                    (package-compute-transaction () (list (list archive))))))
-           (package-download-transaction packages)
-           (when-let (old-dir (package-desc-dir desc))
-             (when (file-directory-p old-dir)
-               (delete-directory old-dir t))))))
+           (package-download-transaction packages))))
+      (when-let (old-dir (package-desc-dir desc))
+        (when (file-directory-p old-dir)
+          (delete-directory old-dir t)))
       (version-list-<
        (package-desc-version desc)
        (package-desc-version (cadr (assq name package-alist)))))))