diff --git a/utils/scanpypi b/utils/scanpypi
index cc13701c0e..452b4a3fc3 100755
--- a/utils/scanpypi
+++ b/utils/scanpypi
@@ -296,23 +296,25 @@ class BuildrootPackage():
         current_dir = os.getcwd()
         os.chdir(self.tmp_extract)
         sys.path.insert(0, self.tmp_extract)
-        s_file, s_path, s_desc = imp.find_module('setup', [self.tmp_extract])
-        imp.load_module('__main__', s_file, s_path, s_desc)
-        if self.metadata_name in self.setup_args:
-            pass
-        elif self.metadata_name.replace('_', '-') in self.setup_args:
-            self.metadata_name = self.metadata_name.replace('_', '-')
-        elif self.metadata_name.replace('-', '_') in self.setup_args:
-            self.metadata_name = self.metadata_name.replace('-', '_')
         try:
-            self.setup_metadata = self.setup_args[self.metadata_name]
-        except KeyError:
-            # This means setup was not called
-            print('ERROR: Could not determine package metadata for {pkg}.\n'
-                  .format(pkg=self.real_name))
-            raise
-        os.chdir(current_dir)
-        sys.path.remove(self.tmp_extract)
+            s_file, s_path, s_desc = imp.find_module('setup', [self.tmp_extract])
+            imp.load_module('__main__', s_file, s_path, s_desc)
+            if self.metadata_name in self.setup_args:
+                pass
+            elif self.metadata_name.replace('_', '-') in self.setup_args:
+                self.metadata_name = self.metadata_name.replace('_', '-')
+            elif self.metadata_name.replace('-', '_') in self.setup_args:
+                self.metadata_name = self.metadata_name.replace('-', '_')
+            try:
+                self.setup_metadata = self.setup_args[self.metadata_name]
+            except KeyError:
+                # This means setup was not called
+                print('ERROR: Could not determine package metadata for {pkg}.\n'
+                      .format(pkg=self.real_name))
+                raise
+        finally:
+            os.chdir(current_dir)
+            sys.path.remove(self.tmp_extract)
 
     def get_requirements(self, pkg_folder):
         """