diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
index 3d78f95923..93674de614 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
@@ -357,11 +357,11 @@ jobs:
           find ./dist -name 'tracetest' -exec cp {} ./dist \;
           chmod +x ./dist/tracetest
 
-          cd ./testing/cli-e2etest
-
           export TRACETEST_CLI=$PWD/dist/tracetest
           export TEST_ENVIRONMENT=jaeger
 
+          cd ./testing/cli-e2etest
+
           ../../bin/gotesplit -total ${{ matrix.total_splits }} -index ${{ matrix.index }} ./... -- -v -timeout 300s -p 1
 
   # TODO: this would be a great idea but it doesn't work on GHA with docker