diff --git a/scripts/diffcheck.sh b/scripts/diffcheck.sh
index 4e4c4592..3d8a9e55 100755
--- a/scripts/diffcheck.sh
+++ b/scripts/diffcheck.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+scripts/buildtable.pl >/tmp/table.mediawiki 2> /dev/null
 diff README.mediawiki /tmp/table.mediawiki | grep '^[<>] |' >/tmp/after.diff || true
 if git checkout HEAD^ && scripts/buildtable.pl >/tmp/table.mediawiki 2>/dev/null; then
     diff README.mediawiki /tmp/table.mediawiki | grep '^[<>] |' >/tmp/before.diff || true