diff --git a/misc/GNUmakefile b/misc/GNUmakefile
index 1ba208ac4..3281c9a68 100644
--- a/misc/GNUmakefile
+++ b/misc/GNUmakefile
@@ -11,21 +11,6 @@ ZLIB =		zlib-1.2.3
 PCRE =		pcre-7.9
 
 
-RELEASE:
-	test -d $(TEMP) || mkdir -p $(TEMP)
-
-	echo "nginx-$(VER)-RELEASE" > $(TEMP)/message
-	svn ci -F $(TEMP)/message
-
-	echo "release-$(VER) tag" > $(TEMP)/message
-	svn copy $(REPO)/nginx/trunk $(REPO)/nginx/tags/release-$(VER)  \
-		-F $(TEMP)/message
-
-	svn up
-
-	$(MAKE) release
-
-
 release:
 	rm -rf $(TEMP)
 
@@ -59,6 +44,21 @@ release:
 	tar -c -z -f $(NGINX).tar.gz --directory $(TEMP) $(NGINX)
 
 
+RELEASE:
+	test -d $(TEMP) || mkdir -p $(TEMP)
+
+	echo "nginx-$(VER)-RELEASE" > $(TEMP)/message
+	svn ci -F $(TEMP)/message
+
+	echo "release-$(VER) tag" > $(TEMP)/message
+	svn copy $(REPO)/nginx/trunk $(REPO)/nginx/tags/release-$(VER)  \
+		-F $(TEMP)/message
+
+	svn up
+
+	$(MAKE) release
+
+
 snapshot:
 	rm -rf $(TEMP)