diff --git a/cmd/helm/repo_add.go b/cmd/helm/repo_add.go
index f51e402fa..9402c2f4c 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/repo_add.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/repo_add.go
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ func (o *repoAddOptions) run(out io.Writer) error {
 
 	f.Update(&c)
 
+	f.Generated = time.Now()
+
 	if err := f.WriteFile(o.repoFile, 0644); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/repo/repo.go b/pkg/repo/repo.go
index 28966687c..6f1e90dad 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/repo.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/repo.go
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ func (r *File) Remove(name string) bool {
 
 // WriteFile writes a repositories file to the given path.
 func (r *File) WriteFile(path string, perm os.FileMode) error {
-	r.Generated = time.Now()
 	data, err := yaml.Marshal(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err