diff --git a/.ci/build-linux-aarch64.sh b/.ci/build-linux-aarch64.sh
index 9021be00cd..f53a24d249 100755
--- a/.ci/build-linux-aarch64.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-linux-aarch64.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ if [ -z "$CIRRUS_CI" ]; then
    cd rpcs3 || exit 1
 fi
 
+shellcheck .ci/*.sh
+
 git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
 
 # Pull all the submodules except llvm, opencv, sdl and curl
@@ -49,8 +51,6 @@ ninja; build_status=$?;
 
 cd ..
 
-shellcheck .ci/*.sh
-
 # If it compiled succesfully let's deploy.
 # Azure and Cirrus publish PRs as artifacts only.
 {   [ "$CI_HAS_ARTIFACTS" = "true" ];
diff --git a/.ci/build-linux.sh b/.ci/build-linux.sh
index f5872a3ac6..f44efea2a4 100755
--- a/.ci/build-linux.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-linux.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ if [ -z "$CIRRUS_CI" ]; then
    cd rpcs3 || exit 1
 fi
 
+shellcheck .ci/*.sh
+
 git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
 
 # Pull all the submodules except llvm, opencv, sdl and curl
@@ -60,8 +62,6 @@ ninja; build_status=$?;
 
 cd ..
 
-shellcheck .ci/*.sh
-
 # If it compiled succesfully let's deploy.
 # Azure and Cirrus publish PRs as artifacts only.
 {   [ "$CI_HAS_ARTIFACTS" = "true" ];