diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/base.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/base.sh
index d6634979b..b6135e7db 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/base.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/base.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ _set_vconsole() {
 _select_source() {
     _NEXTITEM="2"
     _set_title
+    _S_SRC=""
     if [[ -e "${_LOCAL_DB}" ]]; then
         _getsource || return 1
     else
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/pacman.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/pacman.sh
index f7765535b..98462cef6 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/pacman.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/pacman.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # created by Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
 _getsource() {
-    _S_SRC=""
     _PACMAN_CONF=""
     if [[ -e "${_LOCAL_DB}" ]]; then
         _NEXTITEM="4"
         _local_pacman_conf
         _dialog --msgbox "Setup is running in <Local mode>.\nOnly Local package database is used for package installation.\n\nIf you want to switch to <Online mode>, you have to delete /var/cache/pacman/pkg/archboot.db and rerun this step." 10 70
-        _S_SRC=1
     else
         _select_mirror || return 1
-        _S_SRC=1
     fi
+    _S_SRC=1
 }
 
 _select_mirror() {