diff --git a/.github/workflows/no-malloc.yml b/.github/workflows/no-malloc.yml
index dc29c6fe9..3b5a9afd6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/no-malloc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/no-malloc.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
         config: [
           # Add new configs here
           '--enable-rsa --enable-keygen --disable-dh',
-          'CFLAGS=-DWOLFSSL_NO_MALLOC',
+          'CFLAGS="-DWOLFSSL_NO_MALLOC"',
         ]
     name: make check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest