diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
index d0b8e78..5484bee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
       - name: Enable Merge-on-green
+        if: ! always()
         run: |
           gh pr edit ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }} --add-label "automerge: exact"
         env: