diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
index 27da12f94..1686beebb 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class GitDownloader extends VcsDownloader
     {
         if ($initialClone) {
             $origCwd = $cwd;
-            $cwd = dirname($cwd);
+            $cwd = null;
         }
 
         if (preg_match('{^ssh://[^@]+@[^:]+:[^0-9]+}', $url)) {