diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index fdf53063be..a88934b866 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -1145,6 +1145,7 @@ else
 	$(Q)$$(foreach F,$$($(2)_LICENSE_FILES),$$(call legal-license-file,$$($(2)_RAWNAME),$$($(2)_BASENAME_RAW),$$($(2)_HASH_FILE),$$(F),$$($(2)_DIR)/$$(F),$$(call UPPERCASE,$(4)))$$(sep))
 endif # license files
 
+ifeq ($$($(2)_REDISTRIBUTE),YES)
 ifeq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),local)
 # Packages without a tarball: don't save and warn
 	@$$(call legal-warning-nosource,$$($(2)_RAWNAME),local)
@@ -1155,7 +1156,6 @@ else ifneq ($$($(2)_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR),)
 else
 # Other packages
 
-ifeq ($$($(2)_REDISTRIBUTE),YES)
 # Save the source tarball and any extra downloads, but not
 # patches, as they are handled specially afterwards.
 	$$(foreach e,$$($(2)_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL) $$(notdir $$($(2)_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS)),\
@@ -1169,9 +1169,9 @@ ifeq ($$($(2)_REDISTRIBUTE),YES)
 			$$($(2)_REDIST_SOURCES_DIR) || exit 1; \
 		printf "%s\n" "$$$${f##*/}" >>$$($(2)_REDIST_SOURCES_DIR)/series || exit 1; \
 	done <$$($(2)_DIR)/.applied_patches_list
-endif # redistribute
-
 endif # other packages
+
+endif # redistribute
 	@$$(call legal-manifest,$$(call UPPERCASE,$(4)),$$($(2)_RAWNAME),$$($(2)_VERSION),$$(subst $$(space)$$(comma),$$(comma),$$($(2)_LICENSE)),$$($(2)_MANIFEST_LICENSE_FILES),$$($(2)_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL),$$($(2)_ACTUAL_SOURCE_SITE),$$(call legal-deps,$(1)))
 endif # ifneq ($$(call qstrip,$$($(2)_SOURCE)),)
 	$$(foreach hook,$$($(2)_POST_LEGAL_INFO_HOOKS),$$(call $$(hook))$$(sep))