diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/automatic_group_membership.rb b/app/jobs/regular/automatic_group_membership.rb
index a6220db4277..963b3f4bc80 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/automatic_group_membership.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/automatic_group_membership.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module Jobs
 
       User.where("email ~* '@(#{domains})$'")
           .where("users.id NOT IN (SELECT user_id FROM group_users WHERE group_users.group_id = ?)", group_id)
+          .where(staged: false)
           .find_each do |user|
 
           group.add(user)
diff --git a/spec/jobs/automatic_group_membership_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/automatic_group_membership_spec.rb
index e6d59993085..c0bdc8c1b74 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/automatic_group_membership_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/automatic_group_membership_spec.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ describe Jobs::AutomaticGroupMembership do
   it "updates the membership" do
     user1 = Fabricate(:user, email: "foo@wat.com")
     user2 = Fabricate(:user, email: "foo@bar.com")
+    user3 = Fabricate(:user, email: "bar@wat.com", staged: true)
     group = Fabricate(:group, automatic_membership_email_domains: "wat.com", automatic_membership_retroactive: true)
 
     Jobs::AutomaticGroupMembership.new.execute(group_id: group.id)
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ describe Jobs::AutomaticGroupMembership do
     group.reload
     expect(group.users.include?(user1)).to eq(true)
     expect(group.users.include?(user2)).to eq(false)
+    expect(group.users.include?(user3)).to eq(false)
   end
 
 end