diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-check-repo.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-check-repo.yaml
index b579a530ec..de5e940ba9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-check-repo.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-check-repo.yaml
@@ -50,21 +50,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref }}
           CHANGE_TARGET: ${{ github.base_ref }}
-      - name: Check generated protobufs
-        working-directory: ./proto
-        run: |
-          (cd third_party/protobuf && bazel build //:protoc)
-          (cd third_party/protobuf-go && go build -o ._protoc-gen-go ./cmd/protoc-gen-go)
-          (cd third_party/grpc-go/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc && go build -o ._protoc-gen-go-grpc .)
-          make clean all
-          changes=$(git status --porcelain)
-          diff=$(git diff)
-          if [ ! -z "$changes" ]; then
-             echo "ERROR: Generated protobuf structs are different from the checked in version."
-             echo "$changes"
-             echo "$diff"
-             exit 1
-          fi
       - name: Check generated flatbuffers
         working-directory: ./go/serial
         run: |
@@ -168,3 +153,18 @@ jobs:
           add: "."
           cwd: "."
           pull: "--ff"
+      - name: Check generated protobufs
+        working-directory: ./proto
+        run: |
+          (cd third_party/protobuf && bazel build //:protoc)
+          (cd third_party/protobuf-go && go build -o ._protoc-gen-go ./cmd/protoc-gen-go)
+          (cd third_party/grpc-go/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc && go build -o ._protoc-gen-go-grpc .)
+          make clean all
+          changes=$(git status --porcelain)
+          diff=$(git diff)
+          if [ ! -z "$changes" ]; then
+             echo "ERROR: Generated protobuf structs are different from the checked in version."
+             echo "$changes"
+             echo "$diff"
+             exit 1
+          fi