diff --git a/util/board_status/board_status.sh b/util/board_status/board_status.sh
index 2e93fe22fe..dd3d8f2c5e 100755
--- a/util/board_status/board_status.sh
+++ b/util/board_status/board_status.sh
@@ -422,12 +422,6 @@ else
 
 	echo "Getting coreboot boot log"
 	cmd $LOCAL "$cbmem_cmd -1" "${tmpdir}/${results}/coreboot_console.txt"
-	if [ $(grep -- -dirty "${tmpdir}/${results}/coreboot_console.txt") ]; then
-		echo "coreboot or the payload are built from a source tree in a" \
-		"dirty state, making it hard to reproduce the result. Please" \
-		"check in your source tree with 'git status'."
-		exit $EXIT_FAILURE
-	fi
 
 	echo "Getting timestamp data"
 	cmd_nonfatal $LOCAL "$cbmem_cmd -t" "${tmpdir}/${results}/coreboot_timestamps.txt"
@@ -455,6 +449,16 @@ else
 	cmd $LOCAL "sudo dmesg" "${tmpdir}/${results}/kernel_log.txt"
 fi
 
+#
+# Check files
+#
+if [ $(grep -- -dirty "${tmpdir}/${results}/coreboot_console.txt") ]; then
+	echo "coreboot or the payload are built from a source tree in a" \
+	"dirty state, making it hard to reproduce the result. Please" \
+	"check in your source tree with 'git status'."
+	exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
+
 #
 # Finish up.
 #