diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
index 3598c910..1e3d369a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
@@ -46,15 +46,13 @@ jobs:
         [ "${{ matrix.cc }}" != "gcc-4.8" ] || sudo apt-get -y install gcc-4.8
     - name: Setup Linux
       run: |
+        install -d kernel
         if [ "$KSER" == "latest" ]; then
           KSER=$(curl -s https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ | grep -o 'v[0-9]\+\.[0-9a-zA-Z]\+/' | sed 's/\/\s*//' | sort -t. -k2,2V -k3,3V -k4,4V | tail -n 1 | sed 's/v//')
         fi
-        
         if [ "$KVER" == "latest" ]; then
           KVER=$(curl -s https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$KSER/ | grep -o 'linux-[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.tar\.xz' | sort -t- -k2,2n -k3,3n -k4,4n | tail -n 1 | sed 's/linux-\(.*\)\.tar\.xz/\1/')
         fi
-        
-        install -d kernel
         echo "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$KSER/linux-$KVER.tar.xz"
         curl -s https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$KSER/linux-$KVER.tar.xz | tar -C kernel --strip-components=1 -xJ
         make -C kernel CC=${CC:=gcc} defconfig