diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 047a34dd6..f6a111944 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         # Fake travis environment to get coveralls working correctly
         export TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST="https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/pull/$(cat $GITHUB_EVENT_PATH | jq -r .number)"
         export TRAVIS_BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF#"ref/heads"}
-        export TRAVIS_BRANCH=${HEAD_REF}
+        export CI_BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF#"ref/heads"}
         echo "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
         coveralls || true