diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/template b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/template
index fed5b988b76..ef25ee80db1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/template
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ do_fetch() {
 		-c -O $path \
 		$distfiles
 	mkdir -p $wrksrc
-	echo "$checksum  $path" | sha256sum -c 
+	echo "$checksum  $path" | sha256sum -c || { sha256sum "$path"; return 1; }
 }
 
 do_build() {