diff --git a/src/bootstrap/mk/Makefile.in b/src/bootstrap/mk/Makefile.in
index 88aa70d4f2f83..124cb1bb50f44 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/mk/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/bootstrap/mk/Makefile.in
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ ci-mingw-x:
 	$(Q)$(CFG_SRC_DIR)/x test --stage 2 $(TEST_SET1)
 ci-mingw-bootstrap:
 	$(Q)$(BOOTSTRAP) test --stage 2 $(TEST_SET2)
+ci-mingw-bootstrap-2:
+	$(Q)$(BOOTSTRAP) test --stage 2 $(TEST_SET1)
 ci-mingw: ci-mingw-x ci-mingw-bootstrap
 
 .PHONY: dist
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml
index bbcc01a0c2998..5821aa35a81c3 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ auto:
   - name: i686-mingw-3
     env:
       RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: --build=i686-pc-windows-gnu
-      SCRIPT: make ci-mingw-bootstrap
+      SCRIPT: make ci-mingw-bootstrap-2
       # There is no dist-i686-mingw-alt, so there is no prebuilt LLVM with assertions
       NO_DOWNLOAD_CI_LLVM: 1
     <<: *job-windows-25