diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 55880efa8ea..682bc01ad82 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ stages:
   - etnaviv
   - software-renderer
   - layered-backends
+  - performance
   - deploy
 
 include:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml b/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml
index 9c5dce70453..6ee316d2801 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 # Collabora triggers the manual job after merge to main.  These "never" filters
 # need to come before any paths with "manual".
 .performance-rules:
+  stage: performance
   rules:
     - !reference [.no_scheduled_pipelines-rules, rules]
     # Run only on pre-merge pipelines from Marge
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml b/src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
index 6c6e6c7346a..794f5f4d438 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
+++ b/src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     - !reference [.collabora-freedreno-rules, rules]
 
 .google-freedreno-rules-performance:
-  stage: freedreno
+  stage: performance
   extends: .no-auto-retry
   rules:
     - !reference [.test, rules]
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
   dependencies: null
 
 .collabora-freedreno-rules-performance:
-  stage: freedreno
+  stage: performance
   extends: .no-auto-retry
   rules:
     - !reference [.test, rules]
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
index 20f13a1c747..85ba5b85b3f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     - !reference [.iris-manual-rules, rules]
 
 .virgl-iris-rules-performance:
-  stage: layered-backends
+  stage: performance
   extends: .no-auto-retry
   rules:
     - !reference [.test, rules]
diff --git a/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml b/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
index 862bdb51e1d..47c9d4fd68d 100644
--- a/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
+++ b/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 # to do duplicate the files lists to set the job to manual (see
 # .performance-rules)
 .iris-rules-performance:
-  stage: intel
+  stage: performance
   extends: .no-auto-retry
   rules:
     - !reference [.test, rules]