diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index b41f53a9e2..2e92117634 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ class Wget(FetchMethod):
 
         self._runwget(ud, d, fetchcmd, False)
 
+        # Sanity check since wget can pretend it succeed when it didn't
+        # Also, this used to happen if sourceforge sent us to the mirror page
+        if not os.path.exists(localpath):
+            raise FetchError("The fetch command returned success for url %s but %s doesn't exist?!" % (uri, localpath), uri)
+
+        if os.path.getsize(localpath) == 0:
+            os.remove(localpath)
+            raise FetchError("The fetch of %s resulted in a zero size file?! Deleting and failing since this isn't right." % (uri), uri)
+
         # Try and verify any checksum now, meaning if it isn't correct, we don't remove the
         # original file, which might be a race (imagine two recipes referencing the same
         # source, one with an incorrect checksum)
@@ -144,15 +153,6 @@ class Wget(FetchMethod):
         # Our lock prevents multiple writers but mirroring code may grab incomplete files
         os.rename(localpath, localpath[:-4])
 
-        # Sanity check since wget can pretend it succeed when it didn't
-        # Also, this used to happen if sourceforge sent us to the mirror page
-        if not os.path.exists(ud.localpath):
-            raise FetchError("The fetch command returned success for url %s but %s doesn't exist?!" % (uri, ud.localpath), uri)
-
-        if os.path.getsize(ud.localpath) == 0:
-            os.remove(ud.localpath)
-            raise FetchError("The fetch of %s resulted in a zero size file?! Deleting and failing since this isn't right." % (uri), uri)
-
         return True
 
     def checkstatus(self, fetch, ud, d, try_again=True):