diff --git a/plugin/discovery/get.go b/plugin/discovery/get.go
index d26e8e346..558a277ee 100644
--- a/plugin/discovery/get.go
+++ b/plugin/discovery/get.go
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ func (i *ProviderInstaller) Get(provider string, req Constraints) (PluginMeta, e
 	downloadURLs, err := i.listProviderDownloadURLs(provider, versionMeta.Version)
 	providerURL := downloadURLs.DownloadURL
 
+	i.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("- Downloading plugin for provider %q (%s)...", provider, versionMeta.Version))
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] getting provider %q version %q", provider, versionMeta.Version)
+
 	if !i.SkipVerify {
 		sha256, err := i.getProviderChecksum(downloadURLs)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -184,8 +187,6 @@ func (i *ProviderInstaller) Get(provider string, req Constraints) (PluginMeta, e
 		}
 	}
 
-	i.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("- Downloading plugin for provider %q (%s)...", provider, versionMeta.Version))
-	log.Printf("[DEBUG] getting provider %q version %q", provider, versionMeta.Version)
 	err = i.install(provider, v, providerURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return PluginMeta{}, err