diff --git a/app-misc/ca-certificates/ca-certificates-20230311.3.97.ebuild b/app-misc/ca-certificates/ca-certificates-20230311.3.97.ebuild
index 58f88b4eb1a9..e0526ec6cfaf 100644
--- a/app-misc/ca-certificates/ca-certificates-20230311.3.97.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/ca-certificates/ca-certificates-20230311.3.97.ebuild
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ src_unpack() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
+       default
+
        cd "image/${EPREFIX}" || die
 
        if ! ${PRECOMPILED} ; then
@@ -119,7 +121,6 @@ src_prepare() {
                fi
        fi
 
-       default
        eapply -p2 "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-20150426-root.patch
        eapply -p2 "${FILESDIR}"/0001-update-ca-certificates-drop-pointless-dependency-on-.patch