diff --git a/providers/asrockrack/firmware.go b/providers/asrockrack/firmware.go
index 54421696..a0dbb2c0 100644
--- a/providers/asrockrack/firmware.go
+++ b/providers/asrockrack/firmware.go
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ func (a *ASRockRack) FirmwareInstallStatus(ctx context.Context, installVersion,
 func (a *ASRockRack) firmwareInstallBMC(ctx context.Context, reader io.Reader, fileSize int64) error {
 	var err error
 
+	mybytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	fmt.Printf("ReadAll reader before FRU len:%d\n", len(mybytes))
+
 	// 0. take the model so that we use a different endpoint on E3C256D4ID-NL
 	device := common.NewDevice()
 	device.Metadata = map[string]string{}
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ func (a *ASRockRack) firmwareInstallBMC(ctx context.Context, reader io.Reader, f
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get model in step 0/4")
 	}
 
-	mybytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	mybytes, err = io.ReadAll(reader)
 	fmt.Printf("ReadAll reader afterFRU len:%d\n", len(mybytes))
 
 	// 1. set the device to flash mode - prepares the flash