diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 6c0e821c..7ec523c8 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -404,8 +404,14 @@ download_git() {
 			exit 1
 		fi
 	elif (( ! HOLDVER )); then
-		msg2 "$(gettext "Updating %s %s repo...")" "${repo}" "git"
 		cd_safe "$dir"
+		# Make sure we are fetching the right repo
+		if [[ "$url" != "$(git config --get remote.origin.url)"  ]] ; then
+			error "$(gettext "%s is not a clone of %s")" "$dir" "$url"
+			plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		msg2 "$(gettext "Updating %s %s repo...")" "${repo}" "git"
 		if ! git fetch --all -p; then
 			# only warn on failure to allow offline builds
 			warning "$(gettext "Failure while updating %s %s repo")" "${repo}" "git"