diff --git a/bots/pr/src/main/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/pr/BackportCommand.java b/bots/pr/src/main/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/pr/BackportCommand.java
index 3683f2282..7cd7ca392 100644
--- a/bots/pr/src/main/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/pr/BackportCommand.java
+++ b/bots/pr/src/main/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/pr/BackportCommand.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public void handle(PullRequestBot bot, HostedCommit commit, CensusInstance censu
             var hash = commit.hash();
             var fork = bot.writeableForkOf(targetRepo);
             Hash backportHash = null;
-            var backportBranchName = "backport-" + hash.abbreviate();
+            var backportBranchName = username + "-backport-" + hash.abbreviate();
             var hostedBackportBranch = fork.branches().stream().filter(b -> b.name().equals(backportBranchName)).findAny();
             if (hostedBackportBranch.isEmpty()) {
                 var localRepoDir = scratchPath.resolve("backport-command")