diff --git a/dev-infra/ng-dev.js b/dev-infra/ng-dev.js
index 3e13d97362..9bc6e766b5 100755
--- a/dev-infra/ng-dev.js
+++ b/dev-infra/ng-dev.js
@@ -3614,23 +3614,23 @@ function assertChangesAllowForTargetLabel(commits, label, config) {
     var exemptedScopes = config.targetLabelExemptScopes || [];
     /** List of commits which are subject to content requirements for the target label. */
     commits = commits.filter(function (commit) { return !exemptedScopes.includes(commit.scope); });
+    var hasBreakingChanges = commits.some(function (commit) { return commit.breakingChanges.length !== 0; });
+    var hasFeatureCommits = commits.some(function (commit) { return commit.type === 'feat'; });
     switch (label.pattern) {
         case 'target: major':
             break;
         case 'target: minor':
-            // Check if any commits in the pull request contains a breaking change.
-            if (commits.some(function (commit) { return commit.breakingChanges.length !== 0; })) {
+            if (hasBreakingChanges) {
                 throw PullRequestFailure.hasBreakingChanges(label);
             }
             break;
+        case 'target: rc':
         case 'target: patch':
         case 'target: lts':
-            // Check if any commits in the pull request contains a breaking change.
-            if (commits.some(function (commit) { return commit.breakingChanges.length !== 0; })) {
+            if (hasBreakingChanges) {
                 throw PullRequestFailure.hasBreakingChanges(label);
             }
-            // Check if any commits in the pull request contains a commit type of "feat".
-            if (commits.some(function (commit) { return commit.type === 'feat'; })) {
+            if (hasFeatureCommits) {
                 throw PullRequestFailure.hasFeatureCommits(label);
             }
             break;
diff --git a/dev-infra/pr/merge/pull-request.ts b/dev-infra/pr/merge/pull-request.ts
index b7986269eb..1b2e8fa12d 100644
--- a/dev-infra/pr/merge/pull-request.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/pr/merge/pull-request.ts
@@ -200,23 +200,23 @@ function assertChangesAllowForTargetLabel(
   const exemptedScopes = config.targetLabelExemptScopes || [];
   /** List of commits which are subject to content requirements for the target label. */
   commits = commits.filter(commit => !exemptedScopes.includes(commit.scope));
+  const hasBreakingChanges = commits.some(commit => commit.breakingChanges.length !== 0);
+  const hasFeatureCommits = commits.some(commit => commit.type === 'feat');
   switch (label.pattern) {
     case 'target: major':
       break;
     case 'target: minor':
-      // Check if any commits in the pull request contains a breaking change.
-      if (commits.some(commit => commit.breakingChanges.length !== 0)) {
+      if (hasBreakingChanges) {
         throw PullRequestFailure.hasBreakingChanges(label);
       }
       break;
+    case 'target: rc':
     case 'target: patch':
     case 'target: lts':
-      // Check if any commits in the pull request contains a breaking change.
-      if (commits.some(commit => commit.breakingChanges.length !== 0)) {
+      if (hasBreakingChanges) {
         throw PullRequestFailure.hasBreakingChanges(label);
       }
-      // Check if any commits in the pull request contains a commit type of "feat".
-      if (commits.some(commit => commit.type === 'feat')) {
+      if (hasFeatureCommits) {
         throw PullRequestFailure.hasFeatureCommits(label);
       }
       break;