diff --git a/scripts/download.pl b/scripts/download.pl
index c1623bf91f..2876ae5807 100755
--- a/scripts/download.pl
+++ b/scripts/download.pl
@@ -273,11 +273,11 @@ if (-f "$target/$filename") {
 		$sum =~ /^(\w+)\s*/ or die "Could not generate file hash\n";
 		$sum = $1;
 
+		cleanup();
 		exit 0 if $sum eq $file_hash;
 
 		die "Hash of the local file $filename does not match (file: $sum, requested: $file_hash) - deleting download.\n";
 		unlink "$target/$filename";
-		cleanup();
 	};
 }