diff --git a/Porting/test-dist-modules.pl b/Porting/test-dist-modules.pl
index 7a4583240ccd..9d0376e6f045 100644
--- a/Porting/test-dist-modules.pl
+++ b/Porting/test-dist-modules.pl
@@ -209,12 +209,12 @@ sub test_dist {
     if (my $cfg = $dist_config{$name}) {
         push @my_config, @$cfg;
     }
+    my @verbose;
+    push @verbose, "-v" if $verbose;
     if (!run($^X, "Makefile.PL", @my_config)) {
         $failed = "Makefile.PL";
         die "$name: Makefile.PL failed\n" unless $continue;
     }
-    my @verbose;
-    push @verbose, "-v" if $verbose;
     elsif (!run("probe", "-b", @verbose, '-e', 'gdb -q -ex r -ex bt -ex q --args')) {
         $failed = "make test";
         die "$name: make test failed\n" unless $continue;