diff --git a/pkg/releaser/releaser.go b/pkg/releaser/releaser.go
index 7974647e..687074df 100644
--- a/pkg/releaser/releaser.go
+++ b/pkg/releaser/releaser.go
@@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ func (r *Releaser) addToIndexFile(indexFile *repo.IndexFile, url string) error {
 
 // CreateReleases finds and uploads Helm chart packages to GitHub
 func (r *Releaser) CreateReleases() error {
+	worktree, err := r.git.AddWorktree("", r.config.Remote+"/"+r.config.PagesBranch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer r.git.RemoveWorktree("", worktree) // nolint: errcheck
+
 	packages, err := r.getListOfPackages(r.config.PackagePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -346,12 +352,6 @@ func (r *Releaser) CreateReleases() error {
 		}
 
 		if r.config.PackagesWithIndex {
-			worktree, err := r.git.AddWorktree("", r.config.Remote+"/"+r.config.PagesBranch)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			defer r.git.RemoveWorktree("", worktree) //nolint: errcheck
-
 			pkgTargetPath := filepath.Join(worktree, filepath.Base(p))
 			if err := copyFile(p, pkgTargetPath); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -364,10 +364,11 @@ func (r *Releaser) CreateReleases() error {
 			if err := r.git.Commit(worktree, fmt.Sprintf("Publishing chart package for %s", releaseName)); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-
-			if err := r.pushToPagesBranch(worktree); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+		}
+	}
+	if r.config.Push {
+		if err := r.pushToPagesBranch(worktree); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/releaser/releaser_test.go b/pkg/releaser/releaser_test.go
index 55c7841f..bbb7571a 100644
--- a/pkg/releaser/releaser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/releaser/releaser_test.go
@@ -510,13 +510,17 @@ func TestReleaser_ReleaseNotes(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			fakeGitHub := new(FakeGitHub)
+			fakeGit := new(FakeGit)
 			r := &Releaser{
 				config: &config.Options{
 					PackagePath:      "testdata/release-packages",
 					ReleaseNotesFile: tt.releaseNotesFile,
 				},
 				github: fakeGitHub,
+				git:    fakeGit,
 			}
+			fakeGit.On("AddWorktree", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return("/tmp/chart-releaser-012345678", nil)
+			fakeGit.On("RemoveWorktree", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 			fakeGitHub.On("CreateRelease", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 			err := r.CreateReleases()
 			assert.NoError(t, err)