diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 595dc55a40..063f5f4b5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: pull-request-checkout
+      
+      - name: Get list of changed files
+        id: files
+        run: |
+          BASE_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
+          HEAD_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
+          git fetch origin $BASE_SHA
+          git diff --name-only $BASE_SHA...$HEAD_SHA > changed_files.txt
+          CHANGED_FILES=$(cat changed_files.txt | grep -E '\.(js|ts|tsx)$' || true)
+          echo "::set-output name=changed::${CHANGED_FILES}"
 
       - name: Checkout OpenSearch Dashboards
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -56,16 +66,6 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: OpenSearch-Dashboards/plugins/${{ env.PLUGIN_NAME }}  
         run:
           yarn osd bootstrap
-      
-      - name: Get list of changed files
-        id: files
-        run: |
-          BASE_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
-          HEAD_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
-          git fetch origin $BASE_SHA
-          git diff --name-only $BASE_SHA...$HEAD_SHA > changed_files.txt
-          CHANGED_FILES=$(cat changed_files.txt | grep -E '\.(js|ts|tsx)$' || true)
-          echo "::set-output name=changed::${CHANGED_FILES}"
         
       - name: Lint Changed Files
         run: |