diff --git a/dev-python/six/six-1.10.0.ebuild b/dev-python/six/six-1.10.0.ebuild
index b005475fb6c6f..753971c4bb4de 100644
--- a/dev-python/six/six-1.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/six/six-1.10.0.ebuild
@@ -68,5 +68,6 @@ pkg_preinst() {
 			rm -r "${egginfo}" || die "Failed to remove egg-info directory"
 		fi
 	}
+	cd / # Bug 585146
 	python_foreach_impl _cleanup
 }
diff --git a/dev-python/six/six-1.9.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/six/six-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
index de1f0c97c240a..274a6cb4062d1 100644
--- a/dev-python/six/six-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/six/six-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ pkg_preinst() {
 			rm -r "${egginfo}" || die "Failed to remove egg-info directory"
 		fi
 	}
+	cd / # Bug 585146
 	python_foreach_impl _cleanup
 }