diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index 15a8f5cba0..e8e235ddc1 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -565,9 +565,9 @@ tags:
 	find . -name '[^.]*.[ch]' | xargs etags -a
 
 errors:
+	$(PERL) util/ck_errf.pl -strict */*.c */*/*.c
 	$(PERL) util/mkerr.pl -recurse -write
 	(cd engines; $(MAKE) PERL=$(PERL) errors)
-	$(PERL) util/ck_errf.pl -strict */*.c */*/*.c
 
 stacks:
 	$(PERL) util/mkstack.pl -write