diff --git a/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go b/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go
index a33f5cbe..8192e6ca 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go
@@ -1153,6 +1153,10 @@ func getPromotionSkipPaths(promotion PromotionInstance) map[string]bool {
 	perComponentSkippedTargetPaths := promotion.Metadata.PerComponentSkippedTargetPaths
 	promotionSkipPaths := map[string]bool{}
 
+	if len(perComponentSkippedTargetPaths) == 0 {
+		return promotionSkipPaths
+	}
+
 	// if any promoted component is not in the perComponentSkippedTargetPaths
 	// then that means we have a component that is promoted to all paths,
 	// therefore, we return an empty promotionSkipPaths map to signify that
@@ -1163,10 +1167,6 @@ func getPromotionSkipPaths(promotion PromotionInstance) map[string]bool {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(perComponentSkippedTargetPaths) == 0 {
-		return promotionSkipPaths
-	}
-
 	// if we have one or more components then we are just going to
 	// user the component that has the fewest skipPaths when
 	// generating the promotion prBody. This way the promotion