diff --git a/ci/do_ci.sh b/ci/do_ci.sh
index 8922c9edbe46..af45f697260a 100755
--- a/ci/do_ci.sh
+++ b/ci/do_ci.sh
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "bazel.coverage" ]]; then
   # directory. Wow.
   cd "${ENVOY_BUILD_DIR}"
   SRCDIR="${GCOVR_DIR}" "${ENVOY_SRCDIR}"/test/run_envoy_bazel_coverage.sh
-  rsync -av "${ENVOY_BUILD_DIR}"/bazel-envoy/generated/coverage/ "${ENVOY_COVERAGE_DIR}"
   exit 0
 elif [[ "$1" == "bazel.coverity" ]]; then
   # Coverity Scan version 2017.07 fails to analyze the entirely of the Envoy
diff --git a/test/run_envoy_bazel_coverage.sh b/test/run_envoy_bazel_coverage.sh
index 3d138740b2be..353fcc8977a5 100755
--- a/test/run_envoy_bazel_coverage.sh
+++ b/test/run_envoy_bazel_coverage.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ time "${GCOVR}" --gcov-exclude="${GCOVR_EXCLUDE_REGEX}" \
 # run.
 rm "${SRCDIR}"/test/coverage/BUILD
 
+[[ -z "${ENVOY_COVERAGE_DIR}" ]] || rsync -av "${COVERAGE_DIR}"/ "${ENVOY_COVERAGE_DIR}"
+
 COVERAGE_VALUE=$(grep -Po 'lines: \K(\d|\.)*' "${COVERAGE_SUMMARY}")
 COVERAGE_THRESHOLD=98.0
 COVERAGE_FAILED=$(echo "${COVERAGE_VALUE}<${COVERAGE_THRESHOLD}" | bc)