diff --git a/github-actions/move-closed-issues/sort-closed-issues.js b/github-actions/move-closed-issues/sort-closed-issues.js
index d7682bed9a..95d31b945e 100644
--- a/github-actions/move-closed-issues/sort-closed-issues.js
+++ b/github-actions/move-closed-issues/sort-closed-issues.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function main({ context }) {
 
   const overrideSoftLabels = [roleFrontEnd];
 
+  const issueLabels = obtainLabels(context);
   // checks if label is a hard label
   const isHardLabel = (label) => hardLabels.includes(label);
   // checks if label is a soft label