diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-qe-tpl.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-qe-tpl.yml
index 1cd1e70169..b71f4c4ae4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-qe-tpl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-qe-tpl.yml
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ jobs:
         workflow: ${{inputs.trigger-workflow-id}}
         name: crc-${{inputs.qe-type}}-windows-amd64
 
-    - name: Correlate
+    - name: Correlatea
       env:
         PULL_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PULL_SECRET }}
       run: |
-        # Get origin commit sha for testing
+        # Get origin commit sha for testinga
         commit_sha=$(cat gh_context.json | jq -r '.event.after')
-        if [[ -z "${commit_sha}" ]]; then
+        if [[ -z "${commit_sha}" ]] || [[ "${commit_sha}" == null ]]; then
           # on first PR creation .event.after is empty, then .sha is used as commit instead
-          commit_sha=$(cat gh_context.json | jq -r '.sha')
+          commit_sha=$(cat gh_context.json | jq -r '.event.pull_request.head.sha')
         fi
         echo "commit_sha=${commit_sha}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"