diff --git a/mksnap.sh b/mksnap.sh
index 8a0612c3da7d002d34398629f22580f74831c153..a52f3f2e4ac7c2121bc1c256834949fee496cd4d 100755
--- a/mksnap.sh
+++ b/mksnap.sh
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ if test -n "${LASTREV}"; then
 	(
 	    cd $i
 	    svn diff -r ${LASTREV} > ${MYTMPDIR}/svn.diff
-	    if test -s ${MYTMPDIR}/svn.diff; then
-		CHANGED=true
-	    fi
 	)
+	if test -s ${MYTMPDIR}/svn.diff; then
+	    CHANGED=true
+	fi
 	if test "z${CHANGED}" = ztrue; then
 	    break;
 	fi