diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/code-formatting.yml
index c679997179edb..9ed7d01b9cae5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-formatting.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         # the branch we are merging into.
         BASE_COMMIT=$(git merge-base HEAD ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }})
         echo "Running clang-format against branch ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}, with hash ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
-        COMMIT_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $BASE_COMMIT | grep -ivE 'LinkDef|Utilities/PCG/')
+        COMMIT_FILES=$(git diff --diff-filter d --name-only $BASE_COMMIT | grep -ivE 'LinkDef|Utilities/PCG/')
         [ "X$COMMIT_FILES" = X ] && { echo "No files to check" ; exit 0; }
         RESULT_OUTPUT="$(git-clang-format --commit $BASE_COMMIT --diff --style file $COMMIT_FILES)"