diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/eval-release.nix b/maintainers/scripts/eval-release.nix
index 4bd2b0f1fa8b..eccd77009a17 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/eval-release.nix
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/eval-release.nix
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ let
 
   # Add the ‘recurseForDerivations’ attribute to ensure that
   # nix-instantiate recurses into nested attribute sets.
-  recurse = attrs:
+  recurse = path: attrs:
     if (builtins.tryEval attrs).success then
-      if isDerivation attrs 
+      if isDerivation attrs
       then
-        if (builtins.tryEval attrs.outPath).success
-        then attrs
-        else { }
-      else { recurseForDerivations = true; } // mapAttrs (n: v: recurse v) attrs
+        if (builtins.tryEval attrs.drvPath).success
+        then { inherit (attrs) name drvPath; }
+        else { failed = true; }
+      else { recurseForDerivations = true; } //
+           mapAttrs (n: v: let path' = path ++ [n]; in trace path' (recurse path' v)) attrs
     else { };
 
-in recurse rel
+in recurse [] rel