diff --git a/lib/travis/vcs/git/clone.rb b/lib/travis/vcs/git/clone.rb
index d41009ffbe..076325bc7a 100644
--- a/lib/travis/vcs/git/clone.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/vcs/git/clone.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Clone < Struct.new(:sh, :data)
         def apply
           sh.fold 'git.checkout' do
             sh.export 'GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE', '1' if lfs_skip_smudge?
-            sh.cmd 'ssh-keygen -R github.com || true >/dev/null 2>&1', echo: false
+            sh.cmd 'ssh-keygen -R github.com >/dev/null 2>&1 || true', echo: false
             sh.file '~/.ssh/known_hosts', <<~EOF, append: true, echo: false
               github.com ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOMqqnkVzrm0SdG6UOoqKLsabgH5C9okWi0dh2l9GKJl
               github.com ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBEmKSENjQEezOmxkZMy7opKgwFB9nkt5YRrYMjNuG5N87uRgg6CLrbo5wAdT/y6v0mKV0U2w0WZ2YB/++Tpockg=