diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/runner.rb b/qa/qa/specs/runner.rb
index dc550524ce002b7e39edb5b301b567ac0b54905f..e5b96893f03602aca8b469629455bfab4dde234e 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/runner.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/runner.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def rspec_tags
         tags_for_rspec = []
 
         return tags_for_rspec if Runtime::Scenario.attributes[:test_metadata_only]
+        return tags_for_rspec if Runtime::Env.rspec_retried?
 
         if tags.any?
           tags.each { |tag| tags_for_rspec.push(['--tag', tag.to_s]) }