diff --git a/lib/OpenQA/Schema/Result/Jobs.pm b/lib/OpenQA/Schema/Result/Jobs.pm
index 258da35cee5..a1acbc30dc8 100644
--- a/lib/OpenQA/Schema/Result/Jobs.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenQA/Schema/Result/Jobs.pm
@@ -575,7 +575,8 @@ sub is_ok ($self) {
 sub is_ok_to_retry ($self) {
     return 1 unless my $result = $self->result;
     return 0 if grep { $_ eq $result } OK_RESULTS;    # retry is not needed if job is ok
-    return 0 if $result eq USER_CANCELLED;    # retry is not needed if job is user-cancelled
+    return 0 if $result eq USER_CANCELLED;    # retry is not needed if job is user-cancelled...
+    return 0 if $result eq OBSOLETED;    # ...or obsoleted
     return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/10-jobs.t b/t/10-jobs.t
index d12934b426e..6cc82c7a78a 100644
--- a/t/10-jobs.t
+++ b/t/10-jobs.t
@@ -831,6 +831,10 @@ subtest 'job setting based retriggering' => sub {
     $job->done(result => USER_CANCELLED);
     perform_minion_jobs($minion);
     is $jobs->count, $jobs_nr + 1, 'no additional job retriggered if USER_CANCELLED (with retry)';
+    $job->update({state => SCHEDULED, result => NONE});
+    $job->done(result => OBSOLETED);
+    perform_minion_jobs($minion);
+    is $jobs->count, $jobs_nr + 1, 'no additional job retriggered if OBSOLETED (with retry)';
     my $get_jobs = sub ($task) {
         $minion->backend->pg->db->query(q{select * from minion_jobs where task = $1 order by id asc}, $task)->hashes;
         # note: Querying DB directly as `$minion->jobs({tasks => [$task]})` does not return parents.