diff --git a/scripts/check-kernel-fix b/scripts/check-kernel-fix
index 069b3f6..538f908 100755
--- a/scripts/check-kernel-fix
+++ b/scripts/check-kernel-fix
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ find_and_print_toplevel_actions()
 		    fi
 	    fi
 
+	    # EB branches do not really need to add missing references
+	    if [[ "$branch" =~ .*-EB.* && "$state" = "missing_references" ]]
+	    then
+			continue
+	    fi
+
 	    for merge_branch in $(print_merge_branches $branches_conf $branch) ; do
 
 		# Make sure merge_branches are in the same cvss scope