diff --git a/ci/lint/06_script.sh b/ci/lint/06_script.sh
index 1f14dd079f1..bc8e65d8e7b 100755
--- a/ci/lint/06_script.sh
+++ b/ci/lint/06_script.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 GIT_HEAD=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 if [ -n "$CIRRUS_PR" ]; then
   COMMIT_RANGE="${CIRRUS_BASE_SHA}..$GIT_HEAD"
+  echo
+  git log --no-merges --oneline "$COMMIT_RANGE"
+  echo
   test/lint/commit-script-check.sh "$COMMIT_RANGE"
+else
+  COMMIT_RANGE="SKIP_EMPTY_NOT_A_PR"
 fi
 export COMMIT_RANGE
 
@@ -34,8 +39,3 @@ if [ "$CIRRUS_REPO_FULL_NAME" = "bitcoin/bitcoin" ] && [ "$CIRRUS_PR" = "" ] ; t
     ${CI_RETRY_EXE} gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "${KEYS[@]}" &&
     ./contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.py;
 fi
-
-if [ -n "$COMMIT_RANGE" ]; then
-  echo
-  git log --no-merges --oneline "$COMMIT_RANGE"
-fi
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-git-commit-check.py b/test/lint/lint-git-commit-check.py
index a1d03370e85..049104398a8 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-git-commit-check.py
+++ b/test/lint/lint-git-commit-check.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ def main():
             commit_range = merge_base + "..HEAD"
     else:
         commit_range = os.getenv("COMMIT_RANGE")
+        if commit_range == "SKIP_EMPTY_NOT_A_PR":
+            sys.exit(0)
 
     commit_hashes = check_output(["git", "log", commit_range, "--format=%H"], universal_newlines=True, encoding="utf8").splitlines()
 
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-whitespace.py b/test/lint/lint-whitespace.py
index 3fb5b800133..72b7ebc394d 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-whitespace.py
+++ b/test/lint/lint-whitespace.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ def main():
             commit_range = merge_base + "..HEAD"
     else:
         commit_range = os.getenv("COMMIT_RANGE")
+        if commit_range == "SKIP_EMPTY_NOT_A_PR":
+            sys.exit(0)
 
     whitespace_selection = []
     tab_selection = []