diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index d6d9d744f..2595f1a18 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -500,6 +500,10 @@ endif
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # Recovery image
+
+# If neither TARGET_NO_KERNEL nor TARGET_NO_RECOVERY are true
+ifeq (,$(filter true, $(TARGET_NO_KERNEL) $(TARGET_NO_RECOVERY)))
+
 INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/recovery.img
 
 recovery_initrc := $(call include-path-for, recovery)/etc/init.rc
@@ -734,9 +738,6 @@ userdatatarball-nodeps: $(FS_GET_STATS)
 	$(build-userdatatarball-target)
 
 
-# If neither TARGET_NO_KERNEL nor TARGET_NO_RECOVERY are true
-ifeq (,$(filter true, $(TARGET_NO_KERNEL) $(TARGET_NO_RECOVERY)))
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # bring in the installer image generation defines if necessary
 ifeq ($(TARGET_USE_DISKINSTALLER),true)