diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
index 33aa02a8b8..64e5d53f74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           make "${KATA_ASSET}-tarball"
           build_dir=$(readlink -f build)
           # store-artifact does not work with symlink
-          sudo cp -r "${build_dir}" "kata-build"
-          sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) "kata-build"
+          mkdir -p kata-build && cp "${build_dir}"/kata-static-${KATA_ASSET}*.tar.* kata-build/.
         env:
           KATA_ASSET: ${{ matrix.asset }}
           TAR_OUTPUT: ${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.gz