diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index d4cb42d892..ad10a8c903 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ define step_pkg_size_end
 	$(call _step_pkg_size_get_file_list,$($(PKG)_DIR)/.br_filelist_after)
 	comm -13 $($(PKG)_DIR)/.br_filelist_before $($(PKG)_DIR)/.br_filelist_after | \
 		while read hash file ; do \
-			echo "$(1),$${file}" >> $(BUILD_DIR)/packages-file-list.txt ; \
-		done
+			echo "$(1),$${file}" ; \
+		done >> $(BUILD_DIR)/packages-file-list.txt
 	rm -f $($(PKG)_DIR)/.br_filelist_before $($(PKG)_DIR)/.br_filelist_after
 endef