diff --git a/languageserver/src/context-providers/secrets.ts b/languageserver/src/context-providers/secrets.ts
index c2cb8f2..16bf2d3 100644
--- a/languageserver/src/context-providers/secrets.ts
+++ b/languageserver/src/context-providers/secrets.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,24 @@ export async function getSecrets(
   defaultContext: DescriptionDictionary | undefined,
   mode: Mode
 ): Promise<DescriptionDictionary> {
+  const secretsContext = defaultContext || new DescriptionDictionary();
+
   const permission = await getRepoPermission(octokit, cache, repo);
   if (permission === "none") {
-    const secretsContext = defaultContext || new DescriptionDictionary();
     secretsContext.complete = false;
     return secretsContext;
   }
 
+  const eventsConfig = workflowContext?.template?.events;
+  if (eventsConfig?.workflow_call) {
+    // Unpredictible secrets may be pased in via a workflow_call trigger
+    secretsContext.complete = false;
+    // Exit early for validation mode or if workflow_call is the only trigger
+    if (mode === Mode.Validation || Object.keys(eventsConfig).length == 1) {
+      return secretsContext;
+    }
+  }
+
   let environmentName: string | undefined;
   if (workflowContext?.job?.environment) {
     if (isString(workflowContext.job.environment)) {
@@ -39,16 +50,6 @@ export async function getSecrets(
     }
   }
 
-  const secretsContext = defaultContext || new DescriptionDictionary();
-
-  // Exit early if workflow_call is the only trigger
-  if (mode === Mode.Completion) {
-    const eventsConfig = workflowContext?.template?.events;
-    if (eventsConfig?.workflow_call && Object.keys(eventsConfig).length == 1) {
-      return secretsContext;
-    }
-  }
-
   const secrets = await getRemoteSecrets(octokit, cache, repo, environmentName);
 
   // Build combined map of secrets
diff --git a/languageservice/src/context-providers/secrets.ts b/languageservice/src/context-providers/secrets.ts
index af80858..56b5485 100644
--- a/languageservice/src/context-providers/secrets.ts
+++ b/languageservice/src/context-providers/secrets.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ export function getSecretsContext(workflowContext: WorkflowContext, mode: Mode):
     description: getDescription("secrets", "GITHUB_TOKEN")
   });
 
-  if (mode === Mode.Completion) {
-    const eventsConfig = workflowContext?.template?.events;
-    if (eventsConfig?.workflow_call?.secrets) {
-      for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(eventsConfig.workflow_call.secrets)) {
+  const eventsConfig = workflowContext?.template?.events;
+  if (eventsConfig?.workflow_call) {
+    // Unpredictible secrets may be pased in via a workflow_call trigger
+    d.complete = false;
+    if (mode === Mode.Completion) {
+      for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(eventsConfig.workflow_call.secrets || {})) {
         d.add(name, new StringData(""), value.description);
       }
     }
diff --git a/languageservice/src/validate.expressions.test.ts b/languageservice/src/validate.expressions.test.ts
index 29b2f6f..747bb58 100644
--- a/languageservice/src/validate.expressions.test.ts
+++ b/languageservice/src/validate.expressions.test.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,25 @@ jobs:
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("no secret validation with workflow_call", async () => {
+    const input = `
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    secrets:
+      my_secret:
+env:
+  my_secret: \${{ secrets.my_secret }}
+  secret: \${{ secrets.secret-not-exist }}
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: echo`;
+
+    const result = await validate(createDocument("wf.yaml", input));
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it("access invalid nested context field", async () => {
     const result = await validate(
       createDocument(