diff --git a/eclass/nas-kernel.eclass b/eclass/nas-kernel.eclass
index 550a958..d5b8257 100644
--- a/eclass/nas-kernel.eclass
+++ b/eclass/nas-kernel.eclass
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ _kernel_src_compile() {
 	export SANDBOX_ON=0
 	export LDFLAGS=""
 
+	# do some cleanup
+	rm -rf "${WORKDIR}"/lib
+	rm -rf "${WORKDIR}"/cache
+	rm -rf "${S}"/temp
+
 	# creating workdirs
 	mkdir -p "${WORKDIR}"/lib/lib/firmware
 	mkdir "${WORKDIR}"/cache
@@ -217,10 +222,6 @@ _kernel_src_compile() {
 	einfo "Starting to compile kernel..."
 	_kernel_copy_config "${WORKDIR}"/config
 
-	# do some cleanup
-	rm -rf "${WORKDIR}"/lib
-	rm -rf "${WORKDIR}"/cache
-	rm -rf "${S}"/temp
 	OLDARCH="${ARCH}"
 	unset ARCH
 	cd "${S}"