diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml
index 6f6e9674..d54a0d49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ jobs:
     pretest-each:
         runs-on: windows-latest
         needs: enmr-PRs
+        if: ${{ needs.enmr-PRs.outputs.exec_list != '[]' }}
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ jobs:
     remove-old-pretest:
         runs-on: windows-latest
         needs: enmr-PRs
+        if: ${{ needs.enmr-PRs.outputs.remove_list != '[]' }}
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix: