diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 955dd0cac282b3a8c4eaea5c5a12632dd4ce0f0a..ea696d4bab98764656a6699e401c16998d696412 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ run_benchmarks:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^wip*$/
       when: manual
+    - <<: *is_network_branch
+      when: never
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
       when: never
     - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'