diff --git a/source/dub/dependency.d b/source/dub/dependency.d
index 19b6dc0..766ebc5 100644
--- a/source/dub/dependency.d
+++ b/source/dub/dependency.d
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
 	}
 	
 	void insert(const Package p) {
-		enforce(p.name != m_root.name);
+		enforce(p.name != m_root.name, format("Dependency with the same name as the root package (%s) detected.", p.name));
 		m_packages[p.name] = p;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 71b58db..4e78a55 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -414,9 +414,10 @@
 						logDiagnostic("Fechting package %s (%d suppliers registered)", pkg, packageSuppliers.length);
 						foreach (ps; packageSuppliers) {
 							try {
-								p = new Package(ps.getPackageDescription(ppath[0], reqDep.dependency));
+								auto sp = new Package(ps.getPackageDescription(ppath[0], reqDep.dependency));
 								foreach (spn; ppath[1 .. $])
-									p = p.getSubPackage(spn);
+									sp = sp.getSubPackage(spn);
+								p = sp;
 								break;
 							} catch (Exception e) {
 								logDiagnostic("No metadata for %s: %s", ps.toString(), e.msg);