diff --git a/lib/discourse.rb b/lib/discourse.rb
index 027d5bfd106..2b53a91eb37 100644
--- a/lib/discourse.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ module Discourse
   end
 
   class Utils
-    def self.execute_command(*command, failure_message: "", success_status_codes: [0])
-      stdout, stderr, status = Open3.capture3(*command)
+    def self.execute_command(*command, failure_message: "", success_status_codes: [0], chdir: ".")
+      stdout, stderr, status = Open3.capture3(*command, chdir: chdir)
 
       if !status.exited? || !success_status_codes.include?(status.exitstatus)
         failure_message = "#{failure_message}\n" if !failure_message.blank?
diff --git a/lib/s3_inventory.rb b/lib/s3_inventory.rb
index 19901765a22..cba0f9cfa76 100644
--- a/lib/s3_inventory.rb
+++ b/lib/s3_inventory.rb
@@ -125,11 +125,9 @@ class S3Inventory
   end
 
   def decompress_inventory_files
-    FileUtils.cd(tmp_directory) do
-      files.each do |file|
-        log "Decompressing inventory file '#{file[:filename]}', this may take a while..."
-        Discourse::Utils.execute_command('gzip', '--decompress', file[:filename], failure_message: "Failed to decompress inventory file '#{file[:filename]}'.")
-      end
+    files.each do |file|
+      log "Decompressing inventory file '#{file[:filename]}', this may take a while..."
+      Discourse::Utils.execute_command('gzip', '--decompress', file[:filename], failure_message: "Failed to decompress inventory file '#{file[:filename]}'.", chdir: tmp_directory)
     end
   end