diff --git a/script/cibuild-gh-ost-replica-tests b/script/cibuild-gh-ost-replica-tests
index cc19e77..29e9a8a 100755
--- a/script/cibuild-gh-ost-replica-tests
+++ b/script/cibuild-gh-ost-replica-tests
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ whoami
 # Clone gh-ost-ci-env
 # Only clone if not already running locally at latest commit
 remote_commit=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/github/gh-ost-ci-env.git HEAD | cut -f1)
-local_commit=$(cd gh-ost-ci-env && git log --format="%H" -n 1)
+local_commit="unknown"
+[ -d "gh-ost-ci-env" ] && local_commit=$(cd gh-ost-ci-env && git log --format="%H" -n 1)
 
 echo "remote commit is $remote_commit"
 echo "local commit is $local_commit"