diff --git a/scripts/makepkg b/scripts/makepkg
index a9e3291..6b91d4d 100755
--- a/scripts/makepkg
+++ b/scripts/makepkg
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ Fextract() {
 	if [ "$cmd" != "" ]; then
 		msg2 "$cmd"
 		$cmd
-		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		ret=$?
+		if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
 			# unzip will return a 1 as a warning, it is not an error
-			if [ "$unziphack" != "1" -o $? -ne 1 ]; then
+			if [ "$unziphack" != "1" -o $ret -ne 1 ]; then
 				error "Failed to extract ${file}"
 				msg "Aborting..."
 				Fdie