diff --git a/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template
index 22caef3549..6edea7aee0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://openvswitch.org/"
 distfiles="http://openvswitch.org/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=90f084dc282fdb588a2cfff351fea359492f69600f1e4a1286e24e44901de113
-make_install_args+=" completiondir=${_completiondir}"
 _completiondir="/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
+make_install_args+=" completiondir=${_completiondir}"
 
 post_install() {
 	for cmd in ovs-appctl ovs-vsctl; do