diff --git a/.github/ci-test-each-commit-exec.sh b/.github/ci-test-each-commit-exec.sh
index 61aa42ea0bb..1b081243a2c 100755
--- a/.github/ci-test-each-commit-exec.sh
+++ b/.github/ci-test-each-commit-exec.sh
@@ -11,15 +11,9 @@ set -o errexit -o pipefail -o xtrace
 
 echo "Running test-one-commit on $( git log -1 )"
 
-git config user.email "ci@example.com"
-git config user.name "CI"
-git merge --no-commit origin/master
-
 # Use clang++, because it is a bit faster and uses less memory than g++
 CC=clang CXX=clang++ cmake -B build -DWERROR=ON -DWITH_ZMQ=ON -DBUILD_GUI=ON -DBUILD_BENCH=ON -DBUILD_FUZZ_BINARY=ON -DWITH_BDB=ON -DWITH_USDT=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-Wno-error=unused-member-function'
 
 cmake --build build -j "$( nproc )" && ctest --output-on-failure --stop-on-failure --test-dir build -j "$( nproc )"
 
 ./build/test/functional/test_runner.py -j $(( $(nproc) * 2 )) --combinedlogslen=99999999
-
-git merge --abort
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e7849d3369d..ae2ade3f5c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -73,13 +73,15 @@ jobs:
           echo "TEST_BASE=$(git rev-list -n$((${{ env.MAX_COUNT }} + 1)) --reverse HEAD $EXCLUDE_MERGE_BASE_ANCESTORS | head -1)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - run: |
           git fetch origin master
+          git config user.email "ci@example.com"
+          git config user.name "CI"
       - run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install clang ccache build-essential cmake ninja-build pkgconf python3-zmq libevent-dev libboost-dev libsqlite3-dev libdb++-dev systemtap-sdt-dev libzmq3-dev qt6-base-dev qt6-tools-dev qt6-l10n-tools libqrencode-dev -y
       - name: Compile and run tests
         run: |
           # Run tests on commits after the last merge commit and before the PR head commit
-          git rebase --exec "./.github/ci-test-each-commit-exec.sh" ${{ env.TEST_BASE }}
+          git rebase --exec "git merge --no-commit origin/master && ./.github/ci-test-each-commit-exec.sh && git reset --hard" ${{ env.TEST_BASE }}
 
   macos-native-arm64:
     name: ${{ matrix.job-name }}