diff --git a/addons/web/tooling/_husky/pre-commit b/addons/web/tooling/_husky/pre-commit
index d12bd62b9f0..74847d86c64 100755
--- a/addons/web/tooling/_husky/pre-commit
+++ b/addons/web/tooling/_husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 . "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
-npm run format-staged
+# run tooling only on branches that start with master to avoid linting noise in stable
+if [[ $(git branch --show-current) == master* ]]; then
+    npm run format-staged
+fi