diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
index 25f02de187..59451386a2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
@@ -172,9 +172,8 @@ module UnpackStrategy
         next
       end
 
+      FileUtils.chmod_R "u+w", tmp_unpack_dir, force: true, verbose: verbose
       Directory.new(tmp_unpack_dir).extract(to: to, verbose: verbose)
-
-      FileUtils.chmod_R "+w", tmp_unpack_dir, force: true, verbose: verbose
     end
   end