diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 86230de79d..d7b062e053 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -123,15 +123,15 @@ jobs:
                   TAG="$TAG)"
                   echo "Running benchmarks for $TAG" | tee -a comparison.txt
                   transmogrify "${server_cmd[$server]}" "$cc" "$pacing"
-                  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
                   echo "perf $PERF_OPT -o $client-$server$EXT.server.perf $CMD"
+                  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
                   taskset -c 0 nice -n -20 \
                     perf $PERF_OPT -o "$client-$server$EXT.server.perf" $CMD &
                   PID=$!
                   transmogrify "${client_cmd[$client]}" "$cc" "$pacing"
-                  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
                   echo "perf $PERF_OPT -o $client-$server$EXT.client.perf \
                       hyperfine -w 1 -n $TAG -u millisecond --export-markdown step.md $CMD"
+                  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
                   taskset -c 1 nice -n -20 \
                     perf $PERF_OPT -o "$client-$server$EXT.client.perf" \
                       hyperfine -w 1 -n "$TAG" -u millisecond --export-markdown step.md "$CMD" |