diff --git a/.github/workflows/licenses.yml b/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
index 68fefacf6..62bf7b8dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate Go license notices
         run: |
           go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest
-          mkdir "$LICENSE_DIR"
-          GOROOT=$(go env GOROOT) go-licenses report ./... --template=.github/licenses.tmpl --stderrthreshold=ERROR --logtostderr=false > "$LICENSE_DIR"/README.md
           GOROOT=$(go env GOROOT) go-licenses save ./... --stderrthreshold=ERROR --logtostderr=false --save_path "$LICENSE_DIR"
+          GOROOT=$(go env GOROOT) go-licenses report ./... --template=.github/licenses.tmpl --stderrthreshold=ERROR --logtostderr=false > "$LICENSE_DIR"/README.md
 
       - name: Upload Go license notices
         run: |