diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay
index 80167084c555..a78b4a0d636c 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/update-from-overlay
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ commit_change() {
 }
 
 download_change "elpa/elpa-generated.nix"
-nix-instantiate ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.elpaPackages --show-trace
-commit_change "elpa-packages" "elpa-generated.nix"
-
 download_change "melpa/recipes-archive-melpa.json"
+download_change "nongnu/nongnu-generated.nix"
+
+nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.nongnuPackages
+nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.elpaPackages
 nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.melpaStablePackages
 nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.melpaPackages
-commit_change "melpa-packages" "recipes-archive-melpa.json"
 
-download_change "nongnu/nongnu-generated.nix"
-nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.nongnuPackages
+commit_change "elpa-packages" "elpa-generated.nix"
+commit_change "melpa-packages" "recipes-archive-melpa.json"
 commit_change "nongnu-packages" "nongnu-generated.nix"