diff --git a/tools/releasetools/apex_utils.py b/tools/releasetools/apex_utils.py
index 7ccc95c..8ebfb4b 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/apex_utils.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/apex_utils.py
@@ -458,6 +458,15 @@
   target_dir = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "SYSTEM/apex/")
 
   apex_infos = []
+
+  debugfs_path = "debugfs"
+  if OPTIONS.search_path:
+    debugfs_path = os.path.join(OPTIONS.search_path, "bin", "debugfs_static")
+  deapexer = 'deapexer'
+  if OPTIONS.search_path:
+    deapexer_path = os.path.join(OPTIONS.search_path, "deapexer")
+    if os.path.isfile(deapexer_path):
+      deapexer = deapexer_path
   for apex_filename in os.listdir(target_dir):
     apex_filepath = os.path.join(target_dir, apex_filename)
     if not os.path.isfile(apex_filepath) or \
@@ -470,14 +479,6 @@
     apex_info.package_name = manifest.name
     apex_info.version = manifest.version
     # Check if the file is compressed or not
-    debugfs_path = "debugfs"
-    if OPTIONS.search_path:
-      debugfs_path = os.path.join(OPTIONS.search_path, "bin", "debugfs_static")
-    deapexer = 'deapexer'
-    if OPTIONS.search_path:
-      deapexer_path = os.path.join(OPTIONS.search_path, "deapexer")
-      if os.path.isfile(deapexer_path):
-        deapexer = deapexer_path
     apex_type = RunAndCheckOutput([
         deapexer, "--debugfs_path", debugfs_path,
         'info', '--print-type', apex_filepath]).rstrip()
@@ -498,6 +499,6 @@
                          '--output', decompressed_file_path])
       apex_info.decompressed_size = os.path.getsize(decompressed_file_path)
 
-    apex_infos.append(apex_info)
+      apex_infos.append(apex_info)
 
   return apex_infos