diff --git a/server/events/vcs/gitlab_client.go b/server/events/vcs/gitlab_client.go
index 7c6c10f437..b182ef35bf 100644
--- a/server/events/vcs/gitlab_client.go
+++ b/server/events/vcs/gitlab_client.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (g *GitlabClient) PullIsApproved(logger logging.SimpleLogging, repo models.
 
 // PullIsMergeable returns true if the merge request can be merged.
 // In GitLab, there isn't a single field that tells us if the pull request is
-// mergeable so for now we check the merge_status and ApprovalsLeft
+// mergeable so for now we check the merge_status and approvals_left
 // fields.
 // In order to check if the repo required these, we'd need to make another API
 // call to get the repo settings.
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func (g *GitlabClient) PullIsMergeable(logger logging.SimpleLogging, repo models
 			mr.DetailedMergeStatus == "need_rebase")) ||
 		(!supportsDetailedMergeStatus &&
 			mr.MergeStatus == "can_be_merged")) && //nolint:staticcheck // Need to reference deprecated field for backwards compatibility
-		approval.ApprovalsLeft <= 0 &&
+		approval.ApprovalsLeft == 0 &&
 		mr.BlockingDiscussionsResolved &&
 		!mr.WorkInProgress &&
 		(allowSkippedPipeline || !isPipelineSkipped) {