diff --git a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/check_projects_yaml_alphabetized.sh b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/check_projects_yaml_alphabetized.sh
index 1b05a28e7b..3951f8fa0e 100755
--- a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/check_projects_yaml_alphabetized.sh
+++ b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/check_projects_yaml_alphabetized.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 export TMPDIR=`/bin/mktemp -d`
 trap "rm -rf $TMPDIR" EXIT
+
+pushd $TMPDIR
+
 if [ -f $OLDPWD/modules/openstack_project/templates/review.projects.yaml.erb ]
 then
     PROJECTS_LIST=$OLDPWD/modules/openstack_project/templates/review.projects.yaml.erb
@@ -12,8 +15,6 @@ else
     PROJECTS_LIST=$OLDPWD/modules/openstack_project/files/review.projects.yaml
 fi
 
-pushd $TMPDIR
-
 sed -e '/^- project: /!d' -e 's/^- project: //' $PROJECTS_LIST > projects_list
 
 LC_ALL=C sort --ignore-case projects_list -o projects_list.sorted