diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ec9ad7d267a7c80929a706781564640d428fbcfc..95ccde21480258790239ec318fa27ebb0645a870 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ perf-nofib:
 # Ad-hoc performance testing
 ############################################################
 
-perf:
+.perf:
   stage: testing
   needs: [validate-x86_64-linux-deb9-dwarf, doc-tarball]
   dependencies: