diff --git a/ci/build-packages.sh b/ci/build-packages.sh
index 024b92a..e8ab4b4 100755
--- a/ci/build-packages.sh
+++ b/ci/build-packages.sh
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ mkdir -p releases
 echo "== $COMMAND"
 eval "$COMMAND"
 
-# Repos drop packages in the root, build/, build_<arch>/ or releases/ depending
-# on the repo, so collect from anywhere except releases/ itself.
-found=0
+# Repos drop packages in the root, build/, build_<arch>/ or straight into
+# releases/ depending on the repo, so gather any strays and then count what
+# actually ended up in releases/.
 while IFS= read -r package; do
 	[ -n "$package" ] || continue
 	mv "$package" releases/
-	found=$((found + 1))
 done < <(find . -name '*.eap' -not -path './releases/*' -not -path './.git/*')
 
+found=$(find releases -name '*.eap' | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
 [ "$found" -gt 0 ] || {
 	echo "no .eap produced" >&2
 	exit 1