diff --git a/ci/aarch64-macos-release.sh b/ci/aarch64-macos-release.sh
index b1b431f257fd867bf2bacea31dc63dff3d4a3acb..8bebf1e3bcac0d5c70d9fac7dac8dee6c348363d 100755
--- a/ci/aarch64-macos-release.sh
+++ b/ci/aarch64-macos-release.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ ninja install
 export ZIG_LIB_DIR="$PWD/../lib"
 
 stage3-release/bin/zig build test docs \
+  --maxrss ${ZSF_MAX_RSS:-0} \
   -Denable-macos-sdk \
   -Dstatic-llvm \
   -Dskip-spirv \
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ stage3-release/bin/zig build test-std --fuzz=1K -Dno-lib -Dfuzz-only -Doptimize=
 
 # Ensure that stage3 and stage4 are byte-for-byte identical.
 stage3-release/bin/zig build \
-  --maxrss ${ZSF_MAX_RSS:-0} \
   --prefix stage4-release \
   -Denable-llvm \
   -Dno-lib \