diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9147567064e..e6123e27029 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@
 # is explicitly disabled by default.
 
 
+workflow:
+  rules:
+  # workflow to stop GitLab from starting a redundant pipeline after replicating PR into MR
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never 
+      # fallback for the rest of the pipelines
+    - when: always 
+
 stages:
   # build rpm, tar, deb, oci container
   - build