diff --git a/media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.recipe b/media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.recipe
index 2f26c0ebf..070997b1f 100644
--- a/media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.recipe
+++ b/media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.recipe
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ defineDebugInfoPackage fluidsynth2$secondaryArchSuffix \
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	mkdir -p build
-	cd build
+	mkdir -p build && cd build
 	cmake .. \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix \
 		-DBIN_INSTALL_DIR=$binDir \