diff --git a/completions/zsh b/completions/zsh
index 255689a9..e2dd562b 100644
--- a/completions/zsh
+++ b/completions/zsh
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ _pacman_completions_installed_groups() {
 # provides completions for installed packages
 _pacman_completions_installed_packages() {
   local -a cmd packages packages_long
-  packages=( ${${packages_long#/var/lib/pacman/local/}%-*-*} )
   packages_long=(/var/lib/pacman/local/*(/))
+  packages=( ${${packages_long#/var/lib/pacman/local/}%-*-*} )
   compadd "$@" -a packages
 }