diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-comment-created.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-comment-created.yml
index e28ac0d09..a5c112d2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-comment-created.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-comment-created.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
       issues: write  # for actions-ecosystem/action-remove-labels to remove issue labels
+    if: ${{contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'waiting-reply') || contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'stale')}}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3