diff --git a/scripts/generate-specs.sh b/scripts/generate-specs.sh
index ddac05baa1a827..b66f4c9b933ffe 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-specs.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-specs.sh
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ set -e
 THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/react-native-codegen-XXXXXXXX)
 RN_DIR=$(cd "$THIS_DIR/.." && pwd)
-NODE_BINARY="${NODE_BINARY:-$(command -v node || true)}"
 USE_FABRIC="${USE_FABRIC:-0}"
 
 # Find path to Node
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source "$RN_DIR/scripts/find-node.sh"
 
+NODE_BINARY="${NODE_BINARY:-$(command -v node || true)}"
+
 cleanup () {
   set +e
   rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"