diff --git a/scripts/kernel-functions b/scripts/kernel-functions
index de2be73e7..b9e1c7c0f 100644
--- a/scripts/kernel-functions
+++ b/scripts/kernel-functions
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ function download_and_extract_kernel_tree {
 	mkdir "linux-$1"
 	(
 	    cd "${kernel_tree}" &&
-		{ git tag -l "v$1" >/dev/null || git fetch stable; } &&
+		{ git tag -l "v$1" >/dev/null ||
+		    { git fetch; git fetch stable; }; } &&
 		git archive "v$1"
 	) | tar -C "linux-$1" -xf-
     else