diff --git a/zstd/build_mingw.sh b/zstd/build_mingw.sh
index f6698555c..7407d8214 100755
--- a/zstd/build_mingw.sh
+++ b/zstd/build_mingw.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ download_url="https://github.com/facebook/zstd/archive/refs/tags/v$tool_version.
 echo "::group::prepare sources $download_url"
 
 mkdir -p "$dp0/release/build" && cd "$dp0/release"
+
+git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.2.11 https://github.com/madler/zlib
+make -C zlib -f win32/Makefile.gcc libz.a
+
 wget "$download_url" -O "tool-$tool_version.tar.gz"
 tar -xf "tool-$tool_version.tar.gz" && cd "$tool_name-$tool_version"
 
@@ -17,9 +21,6 @@ echo "::endgroup::"
 
 echo "::group::build"
 
-git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.2.11 https://github.com/madler/zlib
-make -C zlib -f win32/Makefile.gcc libz.a
-
 cd "$dp0/release/$tool_name-$tool_version"
 export CPPFLAGS=-I../zlib
 export LDFLAGS=../zlib/libz.a