diff --git a/scripts/extract-vmlinux b/scripts/extract-vmlinux
index e6239f39abad..85e1f32fb4a0 100755
--- a/scripts/extract-vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/extract-vmlinux
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ fi
 tmp=$(mktemp /tmp/vmlinux-XXX)
 trap "rm -f $tmp" 0
 
-# Initial attempt for uncompressed images or objects:
-check_vmlinux $img
-
 # That didn't work, so retry after decompression.
 try_decompress '\037\213\010' xy    gunzip
 try_decompress '\3757zXZ\000' abcde unxz
@@ -60,5 +57,8 @@ try_decompress '\211\114\132' xy    'lzop -d'
 try_decompress '\002!L\030'   xxx   'lz4 -d'
 try_decompress '(\265/\375'   xxx   unzstd
 
+# Finally check for uncompressed images or objects:
+check_vmlinux $img
+
 # Bail out:
 echo "$me: Cannot find vmlinux." >&2