diff --git a/scripts/retrieve_ci_failures.py b/scripts/retrieve_ci_failures.py
index 7a54788a93..204b6eb407 100644
--- a/scripts/retrieve_ci_failures.py
+++ b/scripts/retrieve_ci_failures.py
@@ -168,10 +168,14 @@ def get_fixed_by_commit_pushes():
 
     # Skip cases where there is no backout (and so the fix was a bustage fix).
     no_backouts = set()
-    for bug_id in fixed_by_commit_pushes.keys():
+    for bug_id, obj in fixed_by_commit_pushes.items():
         if bug_id not in backouts_by_bug_id:
             no_backouts.add(bug_id)
 
+        # This is needed because sometimes v-c-t fails to identify backouts.
+        if not any(commit["backedoutby"] for commit in obj["commits"]):
+            no_backouts.add(bug_id)
+
     logger.info(
         f"{len(no_backouts)} cases to be removed because there were no backouts in the bug."
     )