diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 3a4a7875cb..fbe250d098 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,27 @@ jobs:
           perf report -i server/perf.data --no-children --stdio > server.perf.txt &
           wait
 
+      - name: Format results as Markdown
+        id: results
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo "### Benchmark results"
+            echo
+            echo "Performance differences relative to $(cat target/criterion/baseline-sha.txt)."
+            echo
+          } > results.md
+          grep -Ev 'ignored|running \d+ tests|%\)' results.txt |\
+            sed -E  -e 's/(Performance has regressed.)/:broken_heart: **\1**/gi' \
+                    -e 's/(Performance has improved.)/:green_heart: **\1**/gi' \
+                    -e 's/^ +/   /gi' \
+                    -e 's/^([a-z0-9].*)$/* **\1**/gi' \
+                    -e 's/(change:[^%]*% )([^%]*%)(.*)/\1**\2**\3/gi' \
+              >> results.md
+
+      - name: Remember main-branch push URL
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        run: echo "${{ github.sha }}" > target/criterion/baseline-sha.txt
+
       - name: Cache main-branch results
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         uses: actions/cache/save@v4
@@ -122,10 +143,6 @@ jobs:
           path: ./target/criterion
           key: criterion-${{ runner.name }}-${{ hashFiles('./target/criterion/**.json') }}
 
-      - name: Remember main-branch push URL
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        run: echo "${{ github.sha }}" > target/criterion/baseline-sha.txt
-
       - name: Export perf data
         id: export
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -139,23 +156,6 @@ jobs:
             target/criterion*
           compression-level: 9
 
-      - name: Format results as Markdown
-        id: results
-        run: |
-          {
-            echo "### Benchmark results"
-            echo
-            echo "Performance differences relative to $(cat target/criterion/baseline-sha.txt)."
-            echo
-          } > results.md
-          grep -Ev 'ignored|running \d+ tests|%\)' results.txt |\
-            sed -E  -e 's/(Performance has regressed.)/:broken_heart: **\1**/gi' \
-                    -e 's/(Performance has improved.)/:green_heart: **\1**/gi' \
-                    -e 's/^ +/   /gi' \
-                    -e 's/^([a-z0-9].*)$/* **\1**/gi' \
-                    -e 's/(change:[^%]*% )([^%]*%)(.*)/\1**\2**\3/gi' \
-              >> results.md
-
       - name: Export PR comment data
         uses: ./.github/actions/pr-comment-data-export
         with: