diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
index 587b5f32bc..f34355060f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
@@ -159,9 +159,8 @@ module UnpackStrategy
         next
       end
 
-      Directory.new(tmp_unpack_dir).extract(to: to, verbose: verbose)
-
       FileUtils.chmod_R "+w", tmp_unpack_dir, force: true, verbose: verbose
+      Directory.new(tmp_unpack_dir).extract(to: to, verbose: verbose)
     end
   end