diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index f5447dd1..0398a446 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: ${{ github.actor }}
         GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: ${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com
   testasv:
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && ! startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && ! startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') && github.event.ref != 'refs/heads/master'
     name: Branch
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install -U virtualenv asv
         asv machine --machine github-actions --yes
         git fetch --tags
-        [ "$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)" == master ] || git fetch origin master:master
+        git fetch origin master:master
     - name: Restore previous results
       uses: actions/cache@v2
       with:
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ jobs:
           asv-
     - name: Benchmark
       run: |
-        if [ "$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)" != master ]; then
-          asv continuous --interleave-processes --only-changed -f 1.25 master HEAD
-          CHANGES="$(asv compare --only-changed -f 1.25 master HEAD)"
-          echo "$CHANGES"
-          [ -z "$CHANGES" ] || exit 1
-        fi
+        asv continuous --interleave-processes --only-changed -f 1.25 master HEAD
+        CHANGES="$(asv compare --only-changed -f 1.25 master HEAD)"
+        echo "$CHANGES"
+        [ -z "$CHANGES" ] || exit 1
+  always:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo prevent failure when other jobs are skipped