diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/empty-content-props.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/empty-content-props.ts
index 0c8326aaf2a..dfdc3b86d74 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/empty-content-props.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/empty-content-props.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ export type ChecksPanelEmptyContentModel = Pick<
   | 'activeReview'
   | 'isFolder'
   | 'linkedGitLabMR'
+  | 'linkedPR'
   | 'linkedReviewNumber'
+  | 'prNumber'
   | 'prRefreshState'
   | 'suppressedGitHubPR'
 > &
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/empty-content.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/empty-content.tsx
index c67002286e2..094c5e1950e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/empty-content.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/empty-content.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { openChecksPanelHostedReviewUrl } from '../checks-panel-hosted-review-click-routing'
 import { isMacPlatform } from '../../terminal-pane/terminal-link-open-hints'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
+import { isGitHubPRSuppressed } from '../../../../../shared/worktree/github-pr-suppression'
 import type { ChecksPanelEmptyContentModel } from './empty-content-props'
 
 export function ChecksPanelEmptyContent({
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export function ChecksPanelEmptyContent({
     isRemoteOperationActive,
     isSyncingBranch,
     linkedGitLabMR,
+    linkedPR,
     linkedReviewNumber,
     panelContextKey,
     prAiGenerationEnabled,
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ export function ChecksPanelEmptyContent({
     prGenerateDisabledReason,
     prGenerateError,
     prGenerating,
+    prNumber,
     prRepoDefaultBaseRef,
     prStackedCreationSupported,
     prTitle,
@@ -117,7 +120,9 @@ export function ChecksPanelEmptyContent({
     )
   }
 
-  if (!activeReview && linkedReviewNumber === null && suppressedGitHubPR !== null) {
+  const currentGitHubPRIsSuppressed =
+    prNumber !== null && isGitHubPRSuppressed({ linkedPR, suppressedGitHubPR }, prNumber)
+  if (!activeReview && linkedReviewNumber === null && currentGitHubPRIsSuppressed) {
     return (
       <div className="px-4 py-6">
         <div className="text-sm font-medium text-foreground">
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/panel-content-rendering.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/panel-content-rendering.test.tsx
index 04d2a642d95..e9c8c6d82db 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/panel-content-rendering.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/checks-panel/panel-content-rendering.test.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ describe('checks panel concrete content', () => {
       activeReview: null,
       activeWorktree: { id: 'worktree-1' },
       isFolder: false,
+      linkedPR: null,
       linkedReviewNumber: null,
+      prNumber: 42,
       suppressedGitHubPR: 42 as number | null,
       handleLinkSuppressedPullRequest: handleLinkSuppressedPullRequest as () => void
     } as ChecksPanelEmptyContentModel
@@ -57,6 +59,43 @@ describe('checks panel concrete content', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText(/Create PR/)).toBeNull()
   })
 
+  it('does not apply stale suppression to a branch with no matching pull request', () => {
+    const model = {
+      activeReview: null,
+      activeWorktree: { id: 'worktree-1' },
+      branch: 'without-pr',
+      checksPanelHasHardRefreshError: false,
+      checksPanelReviewLookup: 'not_found',
+      checksPanelReviewLookupResult: { openReviewUrl: null },
+      confirmedReadiness: { confirmed: false, needsPush: false },
+      conflictOperation: 'unknown',
+      createComposerOpen: false,
+      detachedHeadDisplay: null,
+      gitStatusInputs: { hasUncommittedChanges: false },
+      gitStatusProbeErrorContextKey: null,
+      hardRefreshError: null,
+      hostedReviewCreateCopy: { providerName: 'GitHub' },
+      hostedReviewCreateProvider: 'github',
+      hostedReviewCreation: null,
+      isFolder: false,
+      isGitHubReviewContext: true,
+      isPublishingBranch: false,
+      linkedGitLabMR: null,
+      linkedPR: null,
+      linkedReviewNumber: null,
+      panelContextKey: 'worktree-1::without-pr',
+      prNumber: null,
+      publishActionHasUncommittedChanges: false,
+      sourceControlAiActionsVisible: false,
+      suppressedGitHubPR: 42
+    } as ChecksPanelEmptyContentModel
+
+    render(<ChecksPanelEmptyContent model={model} />)
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('No pull request found')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Pull request unlinked')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
   it('renders the active review header and empty check/comment sections with accessible actions', () => {
     const model = {
       activeConnectionId: null,