diff --git a/sys-libs/musl/musl-1.1.10-r1.ebuild b/sys-libs/musl/musl-1.1.10-r1.ebuild
index 3357f91f306c1..d6830e228e371 100644
--- a/sys-libs/musl/musl-1.1.10-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/musl/musl-1.1.10-r1.ebuild
@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		*) die "Use sys-devel/crossdev to build a musl toolchain" ;;
 		esac
 	fi
-
-	epatch_user
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-uselocale-0-fix.diff
+	epatch_user
 }
 
 src_configure() {
diff --git a/sys-libs/musl/musl-9999.ebuild b/sys-libs/musl/musl-9999.ebuild
index 6d1ca35631a6d..f7c9ef03dd2e7 100644
--- a/sys-libs/musl/musl-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/musl/musl-9999.ebuild
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		*) die "Use sys-devel/crossdev to build a musl toolchain" ;;
 		esac
 	fi
+}
 
+src_prepare() {
 	epatch_user
 }