diff --git a/roles/upload-git-mirror/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/upload-git-mirror/tasks/main.yaml
index 3965c5cdf..1de834b4d 100644
--- a/roles/upload-git-mirror/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/upload-git-mirror/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -38,15 +38,10 @@
         chdir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
       tags:
         - skip_ansible_lint
-      ignore_errors: zuul.newrev is defined
-
-    - name: Check if the mirror contains the desired reference
-      command: git fetch {{ git_mirror_credentials.user }}@{{ git_mirror_credentials.host }}:{{ git_mirror_repository }} {{ zuul.newrev }}
-      args:
-        chdir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
-      tags:
-        - skip_ansible_lint
-      when: zuul.newrev is defined
+      register: result
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 5
+      until: result is not failed
 
   always:
     # Registered variables below are only used for integration testing