diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 0cc25d6..0848e25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build HTML docs
         run: |
-          ln -sf ../examples docs/examples
+          test -L docs/examples || ln -sf ../examples docs/examples
           sphinx-build docs docs/_build/html -W --keep-going
 
       - name: Upload pages artifact