diff --git a/eng/testing/performance/performance-setup.ps1 b/eng/testing/performance/performance-setup.ps1
index 9ed93d17fbd829..ae30e9bac80ead 100644
--- a/eng/testing/performance/performance-setup.ps1
+++ b/eng/testing/performance/performance-setup.ps1
@@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ if ($iOSMono) {
 }
 
 # FIX ME: This is a workaround until we get this from the actual pipeline
-$CommonSetupArguments="--channel main --queue $Queue --build-number $BuildNumber --build-configs $Configurations --architecture $Architecture"
+$CleanedBranchName = "main"
+if($Branch.Contains("refs/heads/release"))
+{
+    $CleanedBranchName = $Branch.replace('refs/heads/', '')
+}
+$CommonSetupArguments="--channel $CleanedBranchName --queue $Queue --build-number $BuildNumber --build-configs $Configurations --architecture $Architecture"
 $SetupArguments = "--repository https://github.com/$Repository --branch $Branch --get-perf-hash --commit-sha $CommitSha $CommonSetupArguments"
 
 if($NoPGO)