diff --git a/scripts/genPatches.sh b/scripts/genPatches.sh
index acf5c988a1dc..8f1835c85096 100755
--- a/scripts/genPatches.sh
+++ b/scripts/genPatches.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 cd work/ || exit 1
-rm ../patches/*/*
+(cd ..&&rm -rf patches/*)
 git format-patch --full-index --no-signature --zero-commit -N -o ../patches/picked base...picked
 git format-patch --full-index --no-signature --zero-commit -N -o ../patches/client picked
-cd ../ && git add patches/
\ No newline at end of file
+(cd .. && git add patches)
\ No newline at end of file