diff --git a/checks/permissions.go b/checks/permissions.go
index 1bf9b3fc..8fcd8974 100644
--- a/checks/permissions.go
+++ b/checks/permissions.go
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ func testValidateGitHubActionTokenPermissions(pathfn string,
 // Check file content.
 func validateGitHubActionTokenPermissions(path string, content []byte,
 	dl checker.DetailLogger, data FileCbData) (bool, error) {
+	if !isWorkflowFile(path) {
+		return true, nil
+	}
 	// Verify the type of the data.
 	pdata, ok := data.(*permissionCbData)
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/checks/permissions_test.go b/checks/permissions_test.go
index d9bf494d..2e02ef4d 100644
--- a/checks/permissions_test.go
+++ b/checks/permissions_test.go
@@ -230,6 +230,17 @@ func TestGithubTokenPermissions(t *testing.T) {
 				NumberOfDebug: 4,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "Non-yaml file",
+			filename: "./testdata/script.sh",
+			expected: scut.TestReturn{
+				Error:         nil,
+				Score:         checker.MaxResultScore,
+				NumberOfWarn:  0,
+				NumberOfInfo:  0,
+				NumberOfDebug: 0,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		tt := tt // Re-initializing variable so it is not changed while executing the closure below
@@ -247,7 +258,9 @@ func TestGithubTokenPermissions(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			dl := scut.TestDetailLogger{}
 			r := testValidateGitHubActionTokenPermissions(tt.filename, content, &dl)
-			scut.ValidateTestReturn(t, tt.name, &tt.expected, &r, &dl)
+			if !scut.ValidateTestReturn(t, tt.name, &tt.expected, &r, &dl) {
+				t.Fail()
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }