diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml
index 1abd497a9c97c..15c66c8d4bdfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-post-commit.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ on:
     - ./devops/actions/cached_checkout
 
 concurrency:
-  #  Cancel a currently running workflow from the same PR or commit hash.
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
+  # Cancel a currently running workflow from the same PR or commit hash.
+  # We need to use the user's branch name (which is in different variables
+  # for pull request events and push events) so that making a PR from a
+  # sycl-devops-pr branch doesn't cause two postcommit runs.
+  group: "${{ github.actor }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}"
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
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