1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/pack.lua b/src/luarocks/pack.lua
index 5786dc13..e2b59a6f 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/pack.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/pack.lua
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ local function pack_source_rock(rockspec_file)
    assert(type(rockspec_file) == "string")
 
    local rockspec, err = fetch.load_rockspec(rockspec_file)
-   rockspec_file = rockspec.local_filename
    if err then
       return nil, "Error loading rockspec: "..err
    end
+   rockspec_file = rockspec.local_filename
 
    local name_version = rockspec.name .. "-" .. rockspec.version
    local rock_file = fs.absolute_name(name_version .. ".src.rock")