diff --git a/debian/Makefile b/debian/Makefile
index 12386e4..fcb623b 100644
--- a/debian/Makefile
+++ b/debian/Makefile
@@ -2,20 +2,21 @@ info:
 	@echo 'make all # will generate a debian package of all the firmware files'
 	dpkg-deb --info linux-firmware.deb
 
-md5sum:
-	cd files/ && find -type f -exec md5sum '{}' \; >../DEBIAN/md5sums
-
-all: clean add-firmware-files create
-
-add-firmware-files:
-	mkdir -p files/lib/firmware
-	cp -a ../amdgpu files/lib/firmware/
+all: clean add-firmware-files md5sum create
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf linux-firmware.deb
 	rm -rf control.tar.xz data.tar.xz linux-firmware.deb
 	rm -rf files/lib/firmware
 
+add-firmware-files:
+	mkdir -p files/lib/firmware
+	cp -a ../amdgpu files/lib/firmware/
+
+# debian stores the calcuated md5sum checksums for each file in the package
+md5sum:
+	cd files/ && find -type f -exec md5sum '{}' \; >../DEBIAN/md5sums
+
 create:
 	cd DEBIAN && tar --ignore-failed-read -cvJf ../control.tar.xz {post,pre}{inst,rm} md5sums control
 	cd files && tar -cvJf ../data.tar.xz .