diff --git a/test/common/config/pkgdep/git b/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
index c73f9ae52..e4aee3080 100644
--- a/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
+++ b/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ export DRIVER_LOCATION_QAT
 export GIT_REPO_GIT
 GIT_REPOS=${GIT_REPOS:-$HOME}
 
+gcc_version=$(gcc -dumpversion) gcc_version=${gcc_version%%.*}
 if [[ $ID == centos ]] && (( VERSION_ID == 7 )); then
 	# install proper version of the git first
 	install_git
diff --git a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
index 603f57468..cde8b6c72 100755
--- a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
+++ b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ VM_SETUP_PATH=$(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE%/*})
 UPGRADE=false
 INSTALL=false
 CONF="rocksdb,fio,flamegraph,tsocks,qemu,vpp,libiscsi,nvmecli,qat,spdk,refspdk"
-gcc_version=$(gcc -dumpversion) gcc_version=${gcc_version%%.*}
 
 if [[ -e /etc/os-release ]]; then
 	source /etc/os-release