diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index c66b467222..42fa577c2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: Bench
 on:
   workflow_call:
+    outputs:
+      results:
+        description: 'Benchmark results formatted as Markdown'
+        value: ${{ jobs.bench.outputs.results }}
   workflow_dispatch:
 env:
   CARGO_PROFILE_BENCH_BUILD_OVERRIDE_DEBUG: true
@@ -15,8 +19,8 @@ jobs:
   bench:
     name: Benchmark
     runs-on: self-hosted
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: write
+    outputs:
+      results: ${{ steps.results.outputs.results }}
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ jobs:
           compression-level: 9
 
       - name: Format results as Markdown
+        id: results
         run: |
           grep -Ev 'ignored|running \d+ tests|%\)' output.txt |\
             sed -E  -e 's/(Performance has regressed.)/:broken_heart: **\1**/gi' \
@@ -140,10 +145,4 @@ jobs:
               > results.md
           echo '' >> results.md
           echo '[:arrow_down: Download full results](${{ steps.export.outputs.artifact-url }})' >> results.md
-
-      - name: Post results to PR
-        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v2
-        with:
-          filePath: results.md
-          pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          comment_tag: bench-results
+          echo "results='$(cat results.md)'" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index fc6eb0c284..2be20c4ffd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,16 @@ jobs:
 
   bench:
     name: "Benchmark"
-    needs: [check]
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: write
+    # needs: [check]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/bench.yml
+
+  pr-comment:
+    name: "Post results to PR"
+    needs: [bench]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v2
+      with:
+        message: ${{ needs.bench.outputs.results }}
+        pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        comment_tag: bench-results