diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index d3cc3a4..3ce52a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           if [ -e /dev/kvm ]; then
-            echo "/dev/kvm exists, updating permissions"
-            echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' \
-              | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules > /dev/null
-            sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
-            sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
+            echo "/dev/kvm exists"
+            if [ $(id -u) != 0 ]; then
+              echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' \
+                | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules > /dev/null
+              sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
+              sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
+            fi
           else
             echo "/dev/kvm does not exist"
           fi