diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index d0b489bc6213..fad158df4f7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -359,12 +359,13 @@ jobs:
         echo "matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq --compact-output '.')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   prepare_AWS_RDS_databases:
+    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_benchmarking_preparation.yml
     secrets: inherit
 
   pgbench-compare:
     if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'true' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null }}
-    needs: [ generate-matrices, prepare_AWS_RDS_databases ]
+    needs: [ generate-matrices ]
     permissions:
       contents: write
       statuses: write