diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d1bcdce80..340430cd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -226,6 +226,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           enable-cache: true
 
+      - name: Add extra swap for release build
+        if: inputs.build_mode == 'release'
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          sudo swapoff -a || true
+          sudo rm -f /swapfile
+          sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile || sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=16384
+          sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
+          sudo mkswap /swapfile
+          sudo swapon /swapfile
+          free -h
+          swapon --show
+
       - name: Debug host and Docker resources (pre-build)
         if: inputs.build_mode == 'release'
         run: |
@@ -241,19 +254,6 @@ jobs:
           docker system df
           docker ps -a
 
-      - name: Add extra swap for release build
-        if: inputs.build_mode == 'release'
-        run: |
-          set -euxo pipefail
-          sudo swapoff -a || true
-          sudo rm -f /swapfile
-          sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile || sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=16384
-          sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
-          sudo mkswap /swapfile
-          sudo swapon /swapfile
-          free -h
-          swapon --show
-
       - name: Build (release mode)
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         if: inputs.build_mode == 'release'