diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 928d8d534..aa350911d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-
+    - name: print repo
+      run: |
+        if [ pull_request = 'pull_request' ]; then
+            CI_REPO="igchor/unified-memory-framework"
+        else
+            CI_REPO="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
+        fi
+        echo "BUILDING $CI_REPO"
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@b7bf0a3ed3ecfa44160715d7c442788f65f0f923 # v3.23.2
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gpu.yml b/.github/workflows/gpu.yml
index e2ce84f2c..6eafa899f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gpu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gpu.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ jobs:
   # TODO: add support for Windows
   ubuntu-build:
     name: Build - Ubuntu
+    # run only on upstream; forks will not have the HW
+    if: github.repository == 'oneapi-src/unified-memory-framework'
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/test/memspaces/memspace_host_all.cpp b/test/memspaces/memspace_host_all.cpp
index f16223cea..2e199d73f 100644
--- a/test/memspaces/memspace_host_all.cpp
+++ b/test/memspaces/memspace_host_all.cpp
@@ -157,9 +157,14 @@ TEST_F(memspaceHostAllProviderTest, memoryPolicyOOM) {
         UT_ASSERTeq(umf_ret, UMF_RESULT_SUCCESS);
     }
 
+    // TODO: we want to enable this check only when tests are running under QEMU.
+    // Otherwise it might sporadically fail on a real system where other processes
+    // occupied all memory from a aparticular NUMA node.
+#if 0
     // Confirm that all the NUMA nodes bound to 'HOST ALL' memspace were exhausted.
     for (auto &id : nodeIds) {
         auto it = std::find(allocNodeIds.begin(), allocNodeIds.end(), id);
         UT_ASSERT(it != allocNodeIds.end());
     }
+#endif
 }