diff --git a/utils/releasetools/01_create_tarball.sh b/utils/releasetools/01_create_tarball.sh
index 2316fff96..54bca8c04 100755
--- a/utils/releasetools/01_create_tarball.sh
+++ b/utils/releasetools/01_create_tarball.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ fi
 TAG=$1
 TARNAME="redis-${TAG}.tar"
 echo "Generating /tmp/${TARNAME}"
+cd ~/hack/redis
 git archive $TAG --prefix redis-${TAG}/ > /tmp/$TARNAME || exit 1
 echo "Gizipping the archive"
 rm -f /tmp/$TARNAME.gz