diff --git a/dev/ci/ci-quickchick_test.sh b/dev/ci/ci-quickchick_test.sh
index 3e3383863aaa..3a1098b574d1 100644
--- a/dev/ci/ci-quickchick_test.sh
+++ b/dev/ci/ci-quickchick_test.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ set -e
 ci_dir="$(dirname "$0")"
 . "${ci_dir}/ci-common.sh"
 
+if [ "$DOWNLOAD_ONLY" ]; then exit 0; fi
+
 ( cd "${CI_BUILD_DIR}/quickchick"
   make tests
 )