diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 41f76132a6..aab3f26e8b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -9395,9 +9395,9 @@ news items, openrc and runscripts.")
              #t))
          (add-before 'install 'make-info
            (lambda _
-             (chdir "doc/build/texinfo")
-             (invoke "makeinfo" "--no-split"
-                     "-o" "evil.info" "evil.texi"))))))
+             (with-directory-excursion "doc/build/texinfo"
+                 (invoke "makeinfo" "--no-split"
+                         "-o" "evil.info" "evil.texi")))))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil")