diff --git a/package/openssl/openssl.mk b/package/openssl/openssl.mk
index 62c2f33bd..eb3e803f1 100644
--- a/package/openssl/openssl.mk
+++ b/package/openssl/openssl.mk
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ $(OPENSSL_HOOK_POST_INSTALL):
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_BIN),y)
 	$(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_UNNEEDED) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/openssl
 else
-	# libraries gets installed read only, so strip fails
-	for i in $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/,libcrypto.so.* libssl.so.*); \
-	do chmod +w $$i; $(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_UNNEEDED) $$i; done
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/openssl
 endif
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/c_rehash
+	# libraries gets installed read only, so strip fails
+	for i in $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/,libcrypto.so.* libssl.so.*); \
+	do chmod +w $$i; $(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_UNNEEDED) $$i; done
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_ENGINES),y)
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/engines
 else