diff --git a/build-and-benchmark-py-project.sh b/build-and-benchmark-py-project.sh
index 933f73a00ea7a72dabc46ac0f044cf3e6cfa3a4d..7cf8d9fbb2065ad71f6b20d7d706e5e21a950acc 100644
--- a/build-and-benchmark-py-project.sh
+++ b/build-and-benchmark-py-project.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if [[ ! -z "$CI" ]]; then
   rm -rf .asv/env
   # Fetch the master branch as git repository in gitlab ci env doesn't have it.
   git fetch origin master
-  git checkout -t origin/master
+  git branch master origin/master
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -f ~/.asv-machine.json ]]; then