diff --git a/.buildkite/nightly-benchmarks/run-benchmarks-suite.sh b/.buildkite/nightly-benchmarks/run-benchmarks-suite.sh
index 53a45b90..1a88d038 100644
--- a/.buildkite/nightly-benchmarks/run-benchmarks-suite.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/nightly-benchmarks/run-benchmarks-suite.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ check_hf_token() {
   fi
 }
 
+ensure_sharegpt_downloaded() {
+  local FILE=ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json
+  if [ ! -f "$FILE" ]; then
+      wget https://huggingface.co/datasets/anon8231489123/ShareGPT_Vicuna_unfiltered/resolve/main/$FILE
+  else
+      echo "$FILE already exists."
+  fi
+}
+
 json2args() {
   # transforms the JSON string to command line args, and '_' is replaced to '-'
   # example:
@@ -350,7 +359,7 @@ main() {
 
   # prepare for benchmarking
   cd benchmarks || exit 1
-  wget https://huggingface.co/datasets/anon8231489123/ShareGPT_Vicuna_unfiltered/resolve/main/ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json
+  ensure_sharegpt_downloaded
   declare -g RESULTS_FOLDER=results/
   mkdir -p $RESULTS_FOLDER
   QUICK_BENCHMARK_ROOT=../.buildkite/nightly-benchmarks/