diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/patches/dont-send-msg-N-times.patch b/roles/copr/backend/files/patches/dont-send-msg-N-times.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7bfc79400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/patches/dont-send-msg-N-times.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/8560
+
+--- /usr/share/copr/backend/msgbus.py	2020-01-15 08:23:09.000000000 +0000
++++ /usr/share/copr/backend/msgbus.py	2020-01-20 09:53:36.100341122 +0000
+@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
+         for attempt in range(1, self.opts.bus_publish_retries + 1):
+             try:
+                 self._send_message(message)
++                break
+             except Exception: # pylint: disable=W0703
+                 # We don't want to halt the worker because of messaging.
+                 self.log.exception("Attempt %s to publish a message failed", attempt)
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index a92ff89f82..c352d5e007 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
          dest=/usr/bin/copr-repo
   tags: patches
 
+- name: patch for https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/8560
+  patch: src=patches/dont-send-msg-N-times.patch
+         dest=/usr/share/copr/backend/msgbus.py
+  tags: patches
+
 - name: install openstackclient for image preparation
   dnf: state=present name=python3-openstackclient
   when: devel|bool