diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
index 311a44a..86ac023 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
@@ -427,16 +427,16 @@ export async function execCpToPod(
     }
   }
 
-  const want = await localCalculateOutputHashSorted([
-    'sh',
-    '-c',
-    listDirAllCommand(runnerPath)
-  ])
-
   let attempts = 15
   const delay = 1000
   for (let i = 0; i < attempts; i++) {
     try {
+      const want = await localCalculateOutputHashSorted([
+        'sh',
+        '-c',
+        listDirAllCommand(runnerPath)
+      ])
+
       const got = await execCalculateOutputHashSorted(
         podName,
         JOB_CONTAINER_NAME,
@@ -468,11 +468,6 @@ export async function execCpFromPod(
   core.debug(
     `Copying from pod ${podName} ${containerPath} to ${targetRunnerPath}`
   )
-  const want = await execCalculateOutputHashSorted(
-    podName,
-    JOB_CONTAINER_NAME,
-    ['sh', '-c', listDirAllCommand(containerPath)]
-  )
 
   let attempt = 0
   while (true) {
@@ -533,6 +528,12 @@ export async function execCpFromPod(
   const delay = 1000
   for (let i = 0; i < attempts; i++) {
     try {
+      const want = await execCalculateOutputHashSorted(
+        podName,
+        JOB_CONTAINER_NAME,
+        ['sh', '-c', listDirAllCommand(containerPath)]
+      )
+
       const got = await localCalculateOutputHashSorted([
         'sh',
         '-c',
diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
index 25428ff..9116919 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
@@ -296,5 +296,5 @@ export async function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 export function listDirAllCommand(dir: string): string {
-  return `cd ${shlex.quote(dir)} && find . -not -path '*/_runner_hook_responses*' -exec stat -c '%b %n' {} \\;`
+  return `cd ${shlex.quote(dir)} && find . -not -path '*/_runner_hook_responses*' -exec stat -c '%s %n' {} \\;`
 }