diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index ea556311c..107d0c135 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -499,6 +499,10 @@ 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
@@ -733,9 +737,6 @@ 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)