diff --git a/ci/test/03_test_script.sh b/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
index 293a804f967..d00005c0450 100755
--- a/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
+++ b/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
@@ -123,15 +123,16 @@ cmake -S "$BASE_ROOT_DIR" -B "$BASE_BUILD_DIR" "${CMAKE_ARGS[@]}" || (
   false
 )
 
+BUILD_TARGETS="${GOAL}"
 if [[ "${GOAL}" != all && "${GOAL}" != *codegen* ]]; then
-  GOAL="all ${GOAL}"
+  BUILD_TARGETS="all ${GOAL}"
 fi
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-cmake --build "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}" "$MAKEJOBS" --target $GOAL || (
+cmake --build "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}" "$MAKEJOBS" --target $BUILD_TARGETS || (
   echo "Build failure. Verbose build follows."
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-  cmake --build "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}" -j1 --target $GOAL --verbose
+  cmake --build "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}" -j1 --target $BUILD_TARGETS --verbose
   false
 )