diff --git a/runbot_merge/models/pull_requests.py b/runbot_merge/models/pull_requests.py
index 431def74..a5e2a0e5 100644
--- a/runbot_merge/models/pull_requests.py
+++ b/runbot_merge/models/pull_requests.py
@@ -1847,12 +1847,18 @@ class Stagings(models.Model):
             if repo.endswith('^'):
                 continue
 
-            commit = self.env['runbot_merge.commit'].search([
-                ('sha', '=', head)
-            ])
+            required_statuses = set(
+                self.env['runbot_merge.repository']
+                    .search([('name', '=', repo)])
+                    .status_ids
+                    ._for_staging(self)
+                    .mapped('context'))
+
+            commit = self.env['runbot_merge.commit'].search([('sha', '=', head)])
             statuses = json.loads(commit.statuses or '{}')
             reason = next((
                 ctx for ctx, result in statuses.items()
+                if ctx in required_statuses
                 if to_status(result).get('state') in ('error', 'failure')
             ), None)
             if not reason:
diff --git a/runbot_merge/tests/test_basic.py b/runbot_merge/tests/test_basic.py
index 08730262..69cb0879 100644
--- a/runbot_merge/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/runbot_merge/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ def test_staging_ci_failure_single(env, repo, users, config):
 
     staging_head = repo.commit('heads/staging.master')
     with repo:
+        repo.post_status(staging_head.id, 'failure', 'a/b')
         repo.post_status(staging_head.id, 'success', 'legal/cla')
         repo.post_status(staging_head.id, 'failure', 'ci/runbot') # stable genius
     env.run_crons()