diff --git a/.github/workflows/protocol-benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/protocol-benchmark.yml
index 1f03a5dba4..8b7d193f05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/protocol-benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/protocol-benchmark.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ name: Protocol Benchmark
 on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - 'protocol/**'
+      - 'protocol/lib/**'
   push:
     branches:
       - main
       - 'release/protocol/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x'  # e.g. release/protocol/v0.1.x
       - 'release/protocol/v[0-9]+.x'  # e.g. release/protocol/v1.x
     paths:
-      - 'protocol/**'
+      - 'protocol/lib/**'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -29,12 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: 1.22
       - name: Run Benchmarks
-        run: make benchmark | tee benchmark_output.txt
-      - name: Store benchmark result
-        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
-        with:
-          tool: 'go'
-          output-file-path: benchmark_output.txt
+        run: make benchmark | tee ./benchmark_output.txt
       - name: Download previous benchmark data
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
@@ -44,7 +39,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
         with:
           tool: 'go'
-          output-file-path: benchmark_output.txt
+          output-file-path: ./protocol/benchmark_output.txt
           external-data-json-path: ./cache/benchmark-data.json
           fail-on-alert: true
           alert-threshold: '150%'
+          save-data-file: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}