diff --git a/tools/packaging/scripts/lib.sh b/tools/packaging/scripts/lib.sh
index c42534108..aa101b870 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/scripts/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/scripts/lib.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ get_kata_hash() {
 get_last_modification() {
 	local file="${1}"
 
+	pushd ${repo_root_dir} &> /dev/null
 	# This is a workaround needed for when running this code on Jenkins
 	git config --global --add safe.directory ${repo_root_dir} &> /dev/null
 
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ get_last_modification() {
 	[ $(git status --porcelain | grep "${file#${repo_root_dir}/}" | wc -l) -gt 0 ] && dirty="-dirty"
 
 	echo "$(git log -1 --pretty=format:"%H" ${file})${dirty}"
+	popd &> /dev/null
 }
 
 # $1 - The tag to be pushed to the registry