diff --git a/.circleci/release.sh b/.circleci/release.sh
index ff92999e..071db95d 100755
--- a/.circleci/release.sh
+++ b/.circleci/release.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ main() {
 
     echo "Identifying changed charts since tag '$latest_tag'..."
 
+    local packaged=false
     git diff --find-renames --name-only "$latest_tag_rev" -- . | cut -d '/' -f 1 | uniq > /tmp/modified_dirs.txt
     while read -r dir; do
         if find "$dir" -type f -iname "Chart.yaml" | grep -E -q 'Chart.yaml'; then