diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl_precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl_precommit.yml
index 30d387ab6be65..86ed5c741bb42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl_precommit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl_precommit.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/intel/llvm/sycl_ubuntu2004_nightly:no-drivers
     steps:
+    - name: 'PR commits + 1'
+      run: echo "PR_FETCH_DEPTH=$(( ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }} + 1 ))" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
         persist-credentials: false
-        fetch-depth: 2
+        fetch-depth: ${{ env.PR_FETCH_DEPTH }}
     - name: Run clang-format
       uses: ./devops/actions/clang-format
 
diff --git a/devops/actions/clang-format/action.yml b/devops/actions/clang-format/action.yml
index 04b7230f2d2ba..4ea522f8ae7ff 100644
--- a/devops/actions/clang-format/action.yml
+++ b/devops/actions/clang-format/action.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ runs:
     shell: bash {0}
     run: |
       git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/llvm/llvm
-      git clang-format ${GITHUB_SHA}^1
+      git fetch origin sycl
+      git clang-format ${GITHUB_SHA}
       git diff > ./clang-format.patch
   # Add patch with formatting fixes to CI job artifacts
   - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1