1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index 74d95393..cc3afeb7 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ static void unlink_file(pmpkg_t *info, alpm_list_t *lp, alpm_list_t *targ,
 		FREE(hash);
 	}
 	
+	snprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, (char *)lp->data);
+
 	if(trans->type == PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE) {
 		/* check noupgrade */
 		if(alpm_list_find_str(handle->noupgrade, lp->data)) {
@@ -214,7 +216,6 @@ static void unlink_file(pmpkg_t *info, alpm_list_t *lp, alpm_list_t *targ,
 		}
 	}
 
-	snprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, (char *)lp->data);
 	if(lstat(file, &buf)) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("file %s does not exist"), file);
 		return;