diff --git a/ci/lint/06_script.sh b/ci/lint/06_script.sh
index c32e1d8ce6..2b7a0751c0 100755
--- a/ci/lint/06_script.sh
+++ b/ci/lint/06_script.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 
 GIT_HEAD=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 if [ -n "$CIRRUS_PR" ]; then
-  COMMIT_RANGE="$CIRRUS_BASE_SHA..$GIT_HEAD"
-  test/lint/commit-script-check.sh $COMMIT_RANGE
+  COMMIT_RANGE="${CIRRUS_BASE_SHA}..$GIT_HEAD"
+  test/lint/commit-script-check.sh "$COMMIT_RANGE"
 fi
 export COMMIT_RANGE
 
@@ -29,5 +29,7 @@ if [ "$CIRRUS_REPO_FULL_NAME" = "dashpay/dash" ] && [ -n "$CIRRUS_CRON" ]; then
     ./contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.py --clean-merge=2;
 fi
 
-echo
-git log --no-merges --oneline $COMMIT_RANGE
+if [ -n "$COMMIT_RANGE" ]; then
+  echo
+  git log --no-merges --oneline "$COMMIT_RANGE"
+fi