diff --git a/src/tests/Common/GenerateHWIntrinsicTests/GenerateHWIntrinsicTests_Arm.cs b/src/tests/Common/GenerateHWIntrinsicTests/GenerateHWIntrinsicTests_Arm.cs
index eb1e9621f2020a..dfb3fa128fd4d6 100644
--- a/src/tests/Common/GenerateHWIntrinsicTests/GenerateHWIntrinsicTests_Arm.cs
+++ b/src/tests/Common/GenerateHWIntrinsicTests/GenerateHWIntrinsicTests_Arm.cs
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
         string outputDirectory = args[2];
         string testListFileName = args[3];
 
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory);
+
         ProcessInputs(AdvSimdTests.AdvSimdInputs);
         ProcessInputs(AdvSimdTests.AdvSimd_Arm64Inputs);
         ProcessInputs(AdvSimdTests.AesInputs);
@@ -99,7 +101,6 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
         ProcessInputs(AdvSimdTests.Rdm_Arm64Inputs);
         ProcessInputs(AdvSimdTests.Sha1Inputs);
         ProcessInputs(AdvSimdTests.Sha256Inputs);
-        ProcessInputs(AdvSimdTests.Sha256Inputs);
         ProcessInputs(BaseTests.ArmBaseInputs);
         ProcessInputs(BaseTests.ArmBase_Arm64Inputs);
         ProcessInputs(BaseTests.Crc32Inputs);
@@ -113,8 +114,6 @@ void ProcessInputs(TestGroup testGroup)
                 return;
             }
 
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory);
-
             using (var testListFile = new StreamWriter(testListFileName, append: false))
             {
                 foreach (var test in testGroup.GetTests())