diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml
index e3071df774..0487ed98a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,36 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "docs/**"
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
+  checks:
+    name: Checks and variables
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    outputs:
+      forked_workflow: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.forked_workflow }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+
+      - name: Set Variables
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          echo "forked_workflow=${{ (github.event.pull_request && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name) || github.repository != 'nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress' }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Output variables
+        run: |
+          echo forked_workflow: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.forked_workflow }}
+
   call-docs-build-push:
     uses: nginxinc/docs-actions/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml@03a9a3808fcb77cd0c19d7fa5d59b25565dd1d6d # v1.0.2
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write # needed to write preview url comment to PR
       contents: read
+    needs: [checks]
     with:
       production_url_path: "/nginx-ingress-controller"
       preview_url_path: "/previews/nginx-ingress-controller"
@@ -34,3 +58,4 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       AZURE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS_DOCS }}
       AZURE_KEY_VAULT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_KEY_VAULT_DOCS }}
+    if: ${{ needs.checks.outputs.forked_workflow == 'false' }}