diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror-intel-llvm-commits.yml b/.github/workflows/mirror-intel-llvm-commits.yml
index f0d49072cb..c26ccb963e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror-intel-llvm-commits.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror-intel-llvm-commits.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "bb-ur"
+          git config --global user.email "bb-ur@intel.com"
+          git config --global user.password ${{ secrets.GH_BB_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Checkout UR
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
@@ -37,13 +43,6 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: sycl
 
-      - name: Configure Git
-        working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/unified-runtime
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "bb-ur"
-          git config user.email "bb-ur@intel.com"
-          git config user.password ${{ secrets.GH_BB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Mirror commits
         run: |
           python3 unified-runtime/scripts/mirror-commits-from-intel-llvm.py unified-runtime intel-llvm