diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/default.nix b/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
index ae0d38fc7af..6370bf57e13 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ let
       stdenvDefault = (import ./stdenv.nix topLevelArguments) {} pkgs;
 
       selfArgs = topLevelArguments // { inherit pkgsWithOverrides; };
-      self = (import ./all-packages.nix selfArgs) self pkgs;
+      self =
+        let res = import ./all-packages.nix selfArgs res pkgs;
+        in res;
 
       aliases = super: import ./aliases.nix super;