diff --git a/providers/asrockrack/firmware.go b/providers/asrockrack/firmware.go
index 6b262796..8cd56040 100644
--- a/providers/asrockrack/firmware.go
+++ b/providers/asrockrack/firmware.go
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ 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 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{}
@@ -93,6 +90,10 @@ func (a *ASRockRack) firmwareInstallBMC(ctx context.Context, reader io.Reader, f
 	if strings.EqualFold(device.Model, "E3C256D4ID-NL") {
 		fwEndpoint = "api/maintenance/firmware/firmware"
 	}
+
+	mybytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	fmt.Printf("ReadAll reader before uploadFW len:%d\n", len(mybytes))
+
 	a.log.V(2).WithValues("step", "2/4").Info("upload BMC firmware image to " + fwEndpoint)
 	err = a.uploadFirmware(ctx, fwEndpoint, reader, fileSize)
 	if err != nil {