diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 626091d62..e12f39fb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           find terraform/ \
             -type f -name main.tf -not -path "*.terraform*" \
             -execdir "$PWD/tfenv/bin/terraform" fmt -recursive . \;
-          git_status=$(git status --porcelain | grep '^ M')  # List modified files.
-          if [ -n "$git_status" ]; then
-            git diff
-            echo "$git_status"
+          if git diff --exit-code; then
             echo "Run terraform fmt -recursive . to fix formatting."
             exit 1
           fi