diff --git a/.ci/containers/downstream-builder/generate_downstream.sh b/.ci/containers/downstream-builder/generate_downstream.sh
index 83646af823a0..66c140947561 100755
--- a/.ci/containers/downstream-builder/generate_downstream.sh
+++ b/.ci/containers/downstream-builder/generate_downstream.sh
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ if [ "$REPO" == "terraform" ]; then
   CHANGELOG=true
 fi
 
+PR_NUMBER=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+    "https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/magic-modules/pulls?state=closed&base=master&sort=updated&direction=desc" | \
+    jq -r ".[] | if .merge_commit_sha == \"$REFERENCE\" then .number else empty end")
 if [ "$COMMITTED" == "true" ] && [ "$COMMAND" == "downstream" ] && [ "$CHANGELOG" == "true" ]; then
     # Add the changelog entry!
-    PR_NUMBER=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
-        "https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/magic-modules/pulls?state=closed&base=master&sort=updated&direction=desc" | \
-        jq -r ".[] | if .merge_commit_sha == \"$REFERENCE\" then .number else empty end")
     mkdir -p .changelog/
     curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
         "https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/magic-modules/pulls/$PR_NUMBER" | \