diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 3a74602ef37..3da281f8af4 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -544,11 +544,6 @@ if [ "$filter_tag_name" ]; then
 	done
 fi
 
-cd "$orig_dir"
-rm -rf "$tempdir"
-
-trap - 0
-
 unset GIT_DIR GIT_WORK_TREE GIT_INDEX_FILE
 test -z "$ORIG_GIT_DIR" || {
 	GIT_DIR="$ORIG_GIT_DIR" && export GIT_DIR
@@ -562,6 +557,11 @@ test -z "$ORIG_GIT_INDEX_FILE" || {
 	export GIT_INDEX_FILE
 }
 
+cd "$orig_dir"
+rm -rf "$tempdir"
+
+trap - 0
+
 if [ "$(is_bare_repository)" = false ]; then
 	git read-tree -u -m HEAD || exit
 fi