diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
index 15ed51e4c18..fdb57876211 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ if [ "$ABI_CHECKS" = "true" ]; then
 
     export PATH=$(pwd)/libabigail/bin:$PATH
 
-    REF_GIT_REPO=${REF_GIT_REPO:-https://dpdk.org/git/dpdk}
-
     if [ "$(cat reference/VERSION 2>/dev/null)" != "$REF_GIT_TAG" ]; then
         rm -rf reference
     fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a6436c2c461..f271defe03e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,30 @@ defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash --noprofile --norc -exo pipefail {0}
 
+env:
+  REF_GIT_BRANCH: main
+  REF_GIT_REPO: https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk
+  REF_GIT_TAG: none
+
 jobs:
+  checkpatch:
+    if: github.repository != 'DPDK/dpdk'
+    name: Check patches
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout sources
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Check patches
+      run: |
+        git remote add upstream ${{ env.REF_GIT_REPO }}
+        git fetch upstream ${{ env.REF_GIT_BRANCH }}
+        failed=
+        devtools/check-doc-vs-code.sh upstream/${{ env.REF_GIT_BRANCH }} || failed=true
+        devtools/check-meson.py || failed=true
+        devtools/check-symbol-maps.sh || failed=true
+        [ -z "$failed" ]
   ubuntu-vm-builds:
     name: ${{ join(matrix.config.*, '-') }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
@@ -27,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
       MINGW: ${{ matrix.config.cross == 'mingw' }}
       MINI: ${{ matrix.config.mini != '' }}
       PPC64LE: ${{ matrix.config.cross == 'ppc64le' }}
-      REF_GIT_TAG: none
       RISCV64: ${{ matrix.config.cross == 'riscv64' }}
       RUN_TESTS: ${{ contains(matrix.config.checks, 'tests') }}
       STDATOMIC: ${{ contains(matrix.config.checks, 'stdatomic') }}