diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/set-default-branch.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/set-default-branch.yml
index 31bf289361..12ec1be317 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/set-default-branch.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/set-default-branch.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ parameters:
   WorkingDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)'
   RemoteRepo: 'origin'
   DefaultBranchVariableName: DefaultBranch
+  Condition: 'succeeded()'
 steps:
 - pwsh: |
     $setDefaultBranch = (git remote show ${{ parameters.RemoteRepo }} | Out-String) -replace "(?ms).*HEAD branch: (\w+).*", '$1'
@@ -13,4 +14,5 @@ steps:
     Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=${{ parameters.DefaultBranchVariableName }}]$setDefaultBranch"
   displayName: "Setup Default Branch"
   workingDirectory: ${{ parameters.workingDirectory }}
+  condition: ${{ parameters.Condition }}
   ignoreLASTEXITCODE: true
diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
index 8a84f8d0ec..4d84e124a8 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-links.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ parameters:
 
 steps:
   - template: /eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/set-default-branch.yml
+    parameters:
+      Condition: ${{ parameters.Condition }}
   - task: PowerShell@2
     displayName: Link verification check
     condition: ${{ parameters.Condition }}