diff --git a/lib/manager/gomod/update.js b/lib/manager/gomod/update.js
index 02b24388c2fa61a848470d42282595ca952e7ad5..ceac15602930be0b82ef5064ae549d1f2f14d25f 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gomod/update.js
+++ b/lib/manager/gomod/update.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ module.exports = {
 };
 
 function updateDependency(currentFileContent, upgrade) {
-  const { depName } = upgrade;
   try {
+    const { depName } = upgrade;
     const depNameNoVersion = depName
       .split('/')
       .slice(0, 3)