diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml
index 52d690dbb26f9..077f199b36e52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-precommit.yml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
             target_devices: level_zero:gpu;opencl:gpu
             extra_lit_opts: --param matrix-xmx8=True
             use_igc_dev: true
+            env: '{"LIT_FILTER":"Matrix/"}'
           - name: E2E tests on Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU
             runner: '["Linux", "pvc"]'
             image_options: -u 1001 --device=/dev/dri -v /dev/dri/by-path:/dev/dri/by-path --privileged --cap-add SYS_ADMIN
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ jobs:
             image_options: -u 1001 --device=/dev/dri -v /dev/dri/by-path:/dev/dri/by-path --privileged --cap-add SYS_ADMIN
             target_devices: level_zero:gpu;opencl:gpu
             use_igc_dev: true
+            env: '{"LIT_FILTER":"Matrix/"}'
           - name: Intel Battlemage Graphics
             runner: '["Linux", "bmg"]'
             image_options: -u 1001 --device=/dev/dri -v /dev/dri/by-path:/dev/dri/by-path --privileged --cap-add SYS_ADMIN
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
         'false' }}
       # Run only if the PR does not have the 'ci-no-devigc' label.
       skip_run: ${{matrix.use_igc_dev && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci-no-devigc') || 'false'}}
-      env: ${{ contains(needs.detect_changes.outputs.filters, 'esimd') && '{}' || '{"LIT_FILTER_OUT":"ESIMD/"}' }}
+      env: ${{ matrix.env || (contains(needs.detect_changes.outputs.filters, 'esimd') && '{}' || '{"LIT_FILTER_OUT":"ESIMD/"}') }}
 
   test-perf:
     needs: [build, detect_changes]