diff --git a/package/pkg-utils.mk b/package/pkg-utils.mk
index b2f0b8cebf..973eabe437 100644
--- a/package/pkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-utils.mk
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ endef
 # $(1): upper-case package or filesystem name
 define json-info
 	"$($(1)_NAME)": {
-		"name": "$($(1)_RAWNAME)",
 		"type": "$($(1)_TYPE)",
 		$(if $(filter rootfs,$($(1)_TYPE)), \
 			$(call _json-info-fs,$(1)), \
@@ -108,6 +107,7 @@ endef
 # _json-info-pkg, _json-info-pkg-details, _json-info-fs: private helpers
 # for json-info, above
 define _json-info-pkg
+	"name": "$($(1)_RAWNAME)",
 	$(if $($(1)_IS_VIRTUAL), \
 		"virtual": true$(comma),
 		"virtual": false$(comma)