diff --git a/testing/release/l10n/verify_l10n.sh b/testing/release/l10n/verify_l10n.sh
index e2eab06453ef..95040cf64bb7 100755
--- a/testing/release/l10n/verify_l10n.sh
+++ b/testing/release/l10n/verify_l10n.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ for platform in linux-i686 win32 mac
 do
   rm -rf source/*
   # unpack_build platform dir_name pkg_file
-  unpack_build $platform source $release/*.en-US.${platform}.*
+  unpack_build $platform source $release/*.en-US.${platform}.* en-US
   # check for read-only files
   find "./source" -not -perm -u=w -exec echo "FAIL read-only file" {} \;
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ do
     # this cannot be named $locale, because unpack_build will overwrite it
     l=`echo $package | sed -e "s/\.${platform}.*//" -e 's/.*\.//'`
     rm -rf target/*
-    unpack_build $platform target $release/$package
+    unpack_build $platform target $release/$package $l
     # check for read-only files
     find "./target" -not -perm -u=w -exec echo "FAIL read-only file" {} \;
     mkdir -p $release/diffs