diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/build-skqp.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/build-skqp.sh
index f5e435c1141..1c9dc6b2443 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/build-skqp.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/build-skqp.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # .gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml tags:
 # KERNEL_ROOTFS_TAG
 
+set -uex
+
 SKQP_BRANCH=android-cts-12.1_r5
 
 # hack for skqp see the clang
@@ -38,8 +40,6 @@ download_skia_source() {
     git clone --branch "${SKQP_BRANCH}" --depth 1 "${SKQP_REPO}" "${SKIA_DIR}"
 }
 
-set -ex
-
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")
 SKQP_PATCH_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/patches"
 BASE_ARGS_GN_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/build-skqp_base.gn"