diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9880da93b..b0c7c266b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         # branch updating
         fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - name: Extract messages
-      run: ./setup.py extract_messages
-
-    - name: Push to translations branch
+    - name: Extract messages and push to translations branch
       run: |
         git config --global user.email "actions@github.com"
         git config --global user.name "Github Actions"
@@ -39,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         git fetch --all
         git rebase remotes/origin/translations
 
+        ./setup.py extract_messages
         git commit po/virt-manager.pot \
           --message "Refresh translation .pot template"