diff --git a/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml b/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml
index a0bf1dbb015..a47eae03dff 100644
--- a/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ variables:
 .benchmarks:
   stage: benchmarks
   needs: [ ]
-  when: on_success
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^graphite-base\/.*$/'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
   tags: ["runner:apm-k8s-m7i-metal"]
   image: $MICROBENCHMARKS_CI_IMAGE
   rules:
@@ -38,7 +41,10 @@ variables:
 benchmarks-pr-comment:
   stage: benchmarks-pr-comment
   needs: [ benchmark, benchmark-serverless ]
-  when: on_success
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^graphite-base\/.*$/'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
   tags: ["arch:amd64"]
   image: $MICROBENCHMARKS_CI_IMAGE
   script:
@@ -49,7 +55,10 @@ benchmarks-pr-comment:
 check-big-regressions:
   stage: benchmarks-pr-comment
   needs: [ benchmark, benchmark-serverless ]
-  when: on_success
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^graphite-base\/.*$/'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
   tags: ["arch:amd64"]
   image: $MICROBENCHMARKS_CI_IMAGE
   script:
diff --git a/.gitlab/macrobenchmarks.yml b/.gitlab/macrobenchmarks.yml
index ec0cc663915..7a930766339 100644
--- a/.gitlab/macrobenchmarks.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/macrobenchmarks.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ include:
   stage: macrobenchmarks
   when: always
   rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^graphite-base\/.*$/'
+      when: never
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == 'master'
       interruptible: false
     - interruptible: true