diff --git a/pkg/collect/result.go b/pkg/collect/result.go
index 57992999..01e537b5 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/result.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/result.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ func NewResult() CollectorResult {
 }
 
 func (r CollectorResult) SaveResult(bundlePath string, relativePath string, reader io.Reader) error {
+	if reader == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if bundlePath == "" {
 		data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -28,10 +32,6 @@ func (r CollectorResult) SaveResult(bundlePath string, relativePath string, read
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if reader == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	r[relativePath] = nil // save the the file name referencing the file on disk
 
 	fileDir, fileName := filepath.Split(relativePath)