diff --git a/ci/jenkins/mlc_jenkinsfile.groovy b/ci/jenkins/mlc_jenkinsfile.groovy
index 7beb2f9bd4..95aaea3388 100644
--- a/ci/jenkins/mlc_jenkinsfile.groovy
+++ b/ci/jenkins/mlc_jenkinsfile.groovy
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ def unpack_lib(name, libs) {
 
 cancel_previous_build()
 
-stage('Approval') {
-  input id: '1', message: 'Pending. Please reply "\\test" on GitHub to continue.'
-}
-
 stage('Prepare') {
   node('JUNRU-CPU-SMALL') {
     // When something is provided in ci_*_param, use it, otherwise default with ci_*
@@ -221,6 +217,10 @@ stage('Lint') {
   }}}
 }
 
+stage('Approval') {
+  input id: '1', message: 'Pending. Please reply "\\test" on GitHub to continue.'
+}
+
 stage('Build') {
   parallel 'CPU': { node('JUNRU-CPU-LARGE') { ws(per_exec_ws('tvm/build/cpu')) {
     init_git()