diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ee_compat_check.rb b/lib/gitlab/ee_compat_check.rb
index 5e8a0c14eba33e6bed3040cf995056c4ab71d667..6f8d2ca322025e55a185b76b4cf5be64aa68a977 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ee_compat_check.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ee_compat_check.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def delete_ee_branch_locally
-      step("Checking out origin/master", %w[git checkout master])
+      command(%w[git checkout master])
       step("Deleting the local #{ee_branch} branch", %W[git branch -D #{ee_branch}])
     end