diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-check.yaml
index e6fd2d06..3c7e3f14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-check.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: check
         run: |
           PR_TITLE_PREFIX=$(echo "$PR_TITLE" | cut -d':' -f1)
-          if [[ -d "pkg/collector/$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" ]] || [[ -d "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" ]] || [[ "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" == "chore" ]] || [[ "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" == "chore(deps)" ]] || [[ "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" == "*" ]] || [[ "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" == "Synchronize common files from prometheus/prometheus" ]]; then
+          if [[ -d "pkg/collector/$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" ]] ||[[ -d "pkg/$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" ]] || [[ -d "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" ]] || [[ "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" == "chore" ]] || [[ "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" == "chore(deps)" ]] || [[ "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" == "*" ]] || [[ "$PR_TITLE_PREFIX" == "Synchronize common files from prometheus/prometheus" ]]; then
             exit 0
           fi
 
diff --git a/pkg/collector/collector.go b/pkg/collector/collector.go
index ee9b4fc1..d4b86593 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/collector.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/collector.go
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ func (c *Collectors) Build(logger log.Logger) error {
 
 // PrepareScrapeContext creates a ScrapeContext to be used during a single scrape.
 func (c *Collectors) PrepareScrapeContext() (*types.ScrapeContext, error) {
+	if c.perfCounterQuery == "" { // if perfCounterQuery is empty, no perf counters are needed.
+		return &types.ScrapeContext{}, nil
+	}
+
 	objs, err := perflib.GetPerflibSnapshot(c.perfCounterQuery)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err