diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index be9219fe..cf4af269 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ jobs:
           image-output: '/tmp/root.img'
 
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        # Disabling BPF objects download and veristat-meta benchmark for PRs
+        # created from fork repositories. These won't have access to required
+        # enviroment variables and secrets, and otherwise would consistently fail
+        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
         with:
           aws-region: ${{ vars.AWS_REGION }}
@@ -216,6 +220,7 @@ jobs:
           role-session-name: github-action-bpf-ci
 
       - name: Download BPF objects
+        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
         run: |
           set -eux
           if [ -n "$AWS_ROLE_ARN" ]; then
@@ -226,6 +231,7 @@ jobs:
           AWS_ROLE_ARN: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
 
       - name: Add BPF objects to rootfs
+        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
         shell: bash
         run: ./.github/scripts/bpf-objects-rootfs.sh
 
@@ -247,6 +253,7 @@ jobs:
           baseline_name: ${{ env.ARCH_AND_TOOL}}-baseline-veristat-kernel
 
       - name: Compare and save veristat.meta.csv
+        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/veristat_baseline_compare
         with:
           veristat_output: veristat-meta