diff --git a/.github/workflows/therock-multi-arch-ci-asan.yml b/.github/workflows/therock-multi-arch-ci-asan.yml
index 668e292ea59..f3eee412aee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/therock-multi-arch-ci-asan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/therock-multi-arch-ci-asan.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 # automatically selects host-asan for pull_request events (faster, host-only)
 # and full asan for workflow_dispatch (comprehensive device-side instrumentation).
 #
-# For scheduled nightly runs, see therock-multi-arch-ci-asan-nightly.yml.
+# The presubmit is scoped to a runtime-only build (compiler-runtime and
+# runtime-tests) testing hip-tests and rocrtst, so that it is cheap enough to
+# run automatically on every pull request. See ROCm/TheRock#7202.
+#
+# For scheduled nightly runs with full ASAN, see therock-multi-arch-ci-asan-nightly.yml.
 
 name: TheRock Multi-Arch CI ASAN
 
@@ -59,13 +63,15 @@ jobs:
   setup:
     uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/setup_multi_arch.yml@73aaa3386ad8d276fa51f1b474e3140c9493ea5a # 2026-11-03
     with:
-      build_variant: "asan"
+      build_variant: "host-asan"
+      build_stages: "compiler-runtime,runtime-tests"
       # Python/PyTorch/JAX builds are not supported with ASAN yet
       build_python_packages: false
       build_pytorch: false
       build_jax: false
+      build_native_linux: false
       linux_amdgpu_families: ${{ inputs.linux_amdgpu_families || 'gfx94X,gfx950,gfx125X' }}
-      pr_labels: ${{ inputs.pr_labels || '' }}
+      pr_labels: ${{ inputs.pr_labels || 'test:hip-tests,test:rocrtst' }}
       prebuilt_stages: ${{ inputs.prebuilt_stages || '' }}
       baseline_run_id: ${{ inputs.baseline_run_id || '' }}
       baseline_repository: ${{ inputs.baseline_repository || (inputs.baseline_run_id != '' && github.repository) || '' }}