diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/cyclictest/cyclictest_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/cyclictest/cyclictest_git.bb
index c31dd1cfca..d3fbcf6394 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/cyclictest/cyclictest_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/cyclictest/cyclictest_git.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/rt-tests/rt-tests.git;protocol=https;branch=main"
 SRCREV = "7aca81171ea05a03d0e8698af4ae53c5177f5f83"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
 DEPENDS = "numactl"
 
 # Filter out unsupported compiler flags