diff --git a/package/iproute2/Makefile b/package/iproute2/Makefile
index a05f0cdfe12..5ce9083e38e 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/Makefile
+++ b/package/iproute2/Makefile
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ define Package/genl/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/genl/genl $(1)/usr/sbin/
 endef
 
+$(eval $(call RequireCommand,bison, \
+	$(PKG_NAME) requires GNU bison. \
+))
+
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,ip))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,tc))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,genl))
 
-$(eval $(call RequireCommand,bison, \
-	$(PKG_NAME) requires GNU bison. \
-))
+