diff --git a/app-shells/smrsh/smrsh-8.15.2.ebuild b/app-shells/smrsh/smrsh-8.15.2.ebuild
index 52c94f564d861..0148d8437a4f4 100644
--- a/app-shells/smrsh/smrsh-8.15.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/smrsh/smrsh-8.15.2.ebuild
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ src_compile() {
 src_install() {
 	dosbin "${S}/obj.$(uname -s).$(uname -r).$(arch)/${PN}/${PN}" || die
 
-	cd "${S}/${PN}"
+	cd "${S}/${PN}" || die
 	doman "${PN}.8" || die
 	dodoc README || die