diff --git a/sunrise-commit b/sunrise-commit
index 22a0511..6a0530b 100755
--- a/sunrise-commit
+++ b/sunrise-commit
@@ -399,6 +399,11 @@ main() {
 		ebuild-commit)
 			check_for_changes || die 'No changes found to commit.'
 
+			if [ -z "${noupdate}" ]; then
+				sayv "Updating the repository..."
+				vcs_update
+			fi
+
 			# With DVCS repos, we do not do ChangeLogs by default...
 			# ...at least unless they're already there.
 			if [ ${SC_VCS#git-} = svn -o ${SC_VCS} = cvs -o -f ChangeLog ]; then
@@ -443,11 +448,6 @@ main() {
 				fi
 			fi
 
-			if [ -z "${noupdate}" ]; then
-				sayv "Updating the repository..."
-				vcs_update
-			fi
-
 			if [ ${SC_VCS} != cvs -o -n "${noupdate}" ]; then
 				vcs_status
 			fi