diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index 1f0bbb259380f293d22370cfc1535a1c2e691955..e7e5f213dd4ff336cc7d7de9163a6b5343fc0c77 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ done
 # Canonicalize chrootdir, getting rid of trailing /
 chrootdir=$(readlink -e "$passeddir")
 
-# Detect chrootdir filesystem type
-chroottype=$(stat -f -c %T "$chrootdir")
-
 if [[ ${copy:0:1} = / ]]; then
 	copydir=$copy
 else
@@ -117,6 +114,9 @@ fi
 
 umask 0022
 
+# Detect chrootdir filesystem type
+chroottype=$(stat -f -c %T "$chrootdir")
+
 # Lock the chroot we want to use. We'll keep this lock until we exit.
 # Note this is the same FD number as in mkarchroot
 exec 9>"$copydir.lock"