diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubWebHook.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubWebHook.java
index 3033771a2..8a3a24bfb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubWebHook.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubWebHook.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import static org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.util.FluentIterableWrapper.from;
 import static org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.util.JobInfoHelpers.isAlive;
 import static org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.util.JobInfoHelpers.isBuildable;
+import static org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.util.JobInfoHelpers.isNotSCMSourceOwner;
 import static org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.webhook.WebhookManager.forHookUrl;
 
 
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ public List<Item> reRegisterAllHooks() {
         return from(getJenkinsInstance().getAllItems(Item.class))
                 .filter(isBuildable())
                 .filter(isAlive())
+                .filter(isNotSCMSourceOwner())
                 .transform(reRegisterHookForJob())
                 .toList();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/util/JobInfoHelpers.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/util/JobInfoHelpers.java
index c935f2f43..2867eb2dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/util/JobInfoHelpers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/util/JobInfoHelpers.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import hudson.triggers.Trigger;
 import hudson.triggers.TriggerDescriptor;
 import jenkins.model.ParameterizedJobMixIn;
+import jenkins.scm.api.SCMSourceOwner;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.extension.GHEventsSubscriber;
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
@@ -141,5 +142,18 @@ protected Job asJob() {
             }
         };
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Can be useful to ignore child jobs on reregistering hooks
+     *
+     * @return predicate with true on apply if item is not a child of WorkflowMultiBranchProject
+     */
+    public static <ITEM extends Item> Predicate<ITEM> isNotSCMSourceOwner() {
+        return new Predicate<ITEM>() {
+            public boolean apply(ITEM item) {
+                return !(item.getParent() instanceof SCMSourceOwner);
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }