diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/koschei.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/koschei.yml
index 7159917a62..09e9267454 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/koschei.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/koschei.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     nagios: action=downtime minutes=20 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}{{ env_suffix }}
     delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
     ignore_errors: true
+    when: env != 'staging'
   - name: stop services
     service: name="{{ item }}" state=stopped
     with_items: