diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 250d34953ac..02306649c19 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
         - cinder-tempest-plugin-lvm-lio-barbican-fips:
             voting: false
             irrelevant-files: *gate-irrelevant-files
+        - cinder-tempest-plugin-protection-functional:
+            irrelevant-files: *gate-irrelevant-files
         - cinder-grenade-mn-sub-volbak:
             irrelevant-files: *gate-irrelevant-files
         - cinder-tempest-lvm-multibackend: