diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 96c0955e871..47ee02ab00e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -241,13 +241,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: postprocess metrics into the summary
         run: |
           if [ -f build/metrics.json ]; then
-            ./build/citool/debug/citool postprocess-metrics build/metrics.json ${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}
+            METRICS=build/metrics.json  
           elif [ -f obj/build/metrics.json ]; then
-            ./build/citool/debug/citool postprocess-metrics obj/build/metrics.json ${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}
+            METRICS=obj/build/metrics.json  
           else
             echo "No metrics.json found"
+            exit 0
           fi
 
+          ./build/citool/debug/citool postprocess-metrics \
+              ${METRICS} ${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}
+
       - name: upload job metrics to DataDog
         if: needs.calculate_matrix.outputs.run_type != 'pr'
         env: