diff --git a/qla2x00t/generate-in-tree-patches b/qla2x00t/generate-in-tree-patches
index 0f69cb058..660908d40 100755
--- a/qla2x00t/generate-in-tree-patches
+++ b/qla2x00t/generate-in-tree-patches
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ if [ "${1#2.6.26}" = "$1" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+if [ ! -e qla2xxx-orig/$1 ]; then
+  ./extract-qla2xxx-orig "$1"
+fi
+
 mkdir -p in-tree-patches/"${kernel_version}"
 
 for f in qla2xxx-orig/"${kernel_version}"/*
diff --git a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
index 9cece27ac..e61cde505 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
+++ b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
@@ -356,9 +356,6 @@ add_file "iscsi-scst/README_in-tree" "Documentation/scst/README.iscsi" \
 
 if [ "${qla2x00t}" = "true" ]; then
 
-  if [ ! -e qla2x00t/qla2xxx-orig/$1 ]; then
-    ( cd qla2x00t && ./extract-qla2xxx-orig "$1" )
-  fi
   ( cd qla2x00t && ./generate-in-tree-patches "$1" )
 
   for f in $(ls qla2x00t/in-tree-patches/"$1"/*.patch 2>/dev/null)