diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e5b8cd6ae..f284e440e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout Submodules
       run: |
         git submodule sync --recursive
+        # pico-sdk also include tinyusb, therefore we cannot recursive include it
+        git submodule update --init hw/mcu/raspberrypi/pico-sdk
         # Special case LWIP since GNU's Savannah can't do shallow checkout of non-tagged commits
         git submodule update --init --recursive lib/lwip
         git submodule update --init --recursive --depth 1