diff --git a/ci/pull_e2e_kind.groovy b/ci/pull_e2e_kind.groovy
index 63be1bf1bb..45a0b86832 100644
--- a/ci/pull_e2e_kind.groovy
+++ b/ci/pull_e2e_kind.groovy
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ try {
                         # we run as root in our pods, this is required
                         # otherwise jenkins agent will fail because of the lack of permission
                         chown -R 1000:1000 .
+                        git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
                         """
 
                         // clean stale files because we may reuse previous created nodes
@@ -360,7 +361,6 @@ try {
                             # we run as root in our pods, this is required
                             # otherwise jenkins agent will fail because of the lack of permission
                             chown -R 1000:1000 .
-                            git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
                             """
                         }
                         stash excludes: "vendor/**,deploy/**,tests/**", name: "tidb-operator"
diff --git a/ci/pull_e2e_release.groovy b/ci/pull_e2e_release.groovy
index 9b2d45a7b6..a5d7586454 100644
--- a/ci/pull_e2e_release.groovy
+++ b/ci/pull_e2e_release.groovy
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ try {
                         # we run as root in our pods, this is required
                         # otherwise jenkins agent will fail because of the lack of permission
                         chown -R 1000:1000 .
+                        git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
                         """
 
                         // clean stale files because we may reuse previous created nodes
@@ -319,7 +320,6 @@ try {
                             # we run as root in our pods, this is required
                             # otherwise jenkins agent will fail because of the lack of permission
                             chown -R 1000:1000 .
-                            git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
                             """
                         }
                         stash excludes: "vendor/**,deploy/**,tests/**", name: "tidb-operator"