diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7b29c7112..de19f8f4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ jobs:
           gox -parallel 2 -verbose -osarch "$GOX_ARCHS" -output "build-output/{{.Dir}}_{{.OS}}_{{.Arch}}" ./cmd/restic
 
   lint:
+    # only run golangci-lint for pull requests, otherwise ALL hints get
+    # reported. We need to slowly address all issues until we can enable
+    # linting the master branch :)
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+
     name: lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -241,8 +246,3 @@ jobs:
           # Optional: show only new issues if it's a pull request. The default value is `false`.
           only-new-issues: true
           args: --verbose --timeout 5m --enable-all --disable wsl
-
-    # only run golangci-lint for pull requests, otherwise ALL hints get
-    # reported. We need to slowly address all issues until we can enable
-    # linting the master branch :)
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'