diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1215315dfba..234f8e6524c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ test-docs:
     - if: '$GITLAB_USER_LOGIN != "marge-bot" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME != $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME && $CI_PROJECT_PATH == "mesa/mesa"'
       changes: *docs-or-ci
       when: on_success
-    - changes: *docs-or-ci
+    - if: '$CI_PROJECT_PATH != "mesa/mesa" || $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME == $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME'
+      changes: *docs-or-ci
       when: manual
     # Other cases default to never