diff --git a/app-shells/powerline/powerline-9999.ebuild b/app-shells/powerline/powerline-9999.ebuild
index 946e4c10304a9..52de334811b2e 100644
--- a/app-shells/powerline/powerline-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/powerline/powerline-9999.ebuild
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/powerline/powerline"
 	EGIT_BRANCH="develop"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/powerline-${PV}"
 else
 	SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}-status/${PN}-status-${PV}.tar.gz"
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-status-${PV}"
 fi
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-status-${PV}"
 
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"