diff --git a/ci-scripts/oai-ci-vm-tool b/ci-scripts/oai-ci-vm-tool
index 8fdab4a1f0..e9196b40cb 100755
--- a/ci-scripts/oai-ci-vm-tool
+++ b/ci-scripts/oai-ci-vm-tool
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ case $key in
     case $TRIG in
         merge-request)
         MR_TRIG=1
-        NBARGS=$[$NBARGS+$PU_OPTID]       
+        NBARGS=$[$NBARGS+$MR_OPTID]       
         ;;
         push)
         PU_TRIG=1