diff --git a/examples/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun-with-when-expressions.yaml b/examples/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun-with-when-expressions.yaml
index d5774fb9122..d64b3b35eac 100644
--- a/examples/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun-with-when-expressions.yaml
+++ b/examples/v1beta1/pipelineruns/pipelinerun-with-when-expressions.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ spec:
           - name: echo
             image: ubuntu
             script: 'echo file exists'
+    - name: echo-file-missing
+      when:
+        - input: "$(tasks.check-file.results.exists)"
+          operator: in
+          values: ["missing"]
+      taskSpec:
+        steps:
+          - name: echo
+            image: ubuntu
+            script: 'echo file missing'
     - name: task-should-be-skipped
       when:
         - input: "$(params.path)"
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
index fcdafc03ead..04e27409920 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func (c *Reconciler) runNextSchedulableTask(ctx context.Context, pr *v1beta1.Pip
 	resources.ApplyTaskResults(nextRprts, resolvedResultRefs)
 
 	for _, rprt := range nextRprts {
-		if rprt == nil {
+		if rprt == nil || rprt.Skip(pipelineState, d) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if rprt.ResolvedConditionChecks == nil || rprt.ResolvedConditionChecks.IsSuccess() {
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun_test.go
index 25ccb7e1a54..cd9262d45a4 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun_test.go
@@ -2081,6 +2081,21 @@ func TestReconcileWithWhenExpressionsWithParameters(t *testing.T) {
 	if d := cmp.Diff(actualSkippedTasks, expectedSkippedTasks); d != "" {
 		t.Errorf("expected to find Skipped Tasks %v. Diff %s", expectedSkippedTasks, diff.PrintWantGot(d))
 	}
+
+	skippedTasks := []string{"hello-world-2"}
+	for _, skippedTask := range skippedTasks {
+		labelSelector := fmt.Sprintf("tekton.dev/pipelineTask=%s,tekton.dev/pipelineRun=test-pipeline-run-different-service-accs", skippedTask)
+		actualSkippedTask, err := clients.Pipeline.TektonV1beta1().TaskRuns("foo").List(metav1.ListOptions{
+			LabelSelector: labelSelector,
+			Limit:         1,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failure to list TaskRun's %s", err)
+		}
+		if len(actualSkippedTask.Items) != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected 0 TaskRuns got %d", len(actualSkippedTask.Items))
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestReconcileWithWhenExpressionsWithTaskResults(t *testing.T) {
@@ -2189,6 +2204,21 @@ func TestReconcileWithWhenExpressionsWithTaskResults(t *testing.T) {
 	if d := cmp.Diff(actualSkippedTasks, expectedSkippedTasks); d != "" {
 		t.Errorf("expected to find Skipped Tasks %v. Diff %s", expectedSkippedTasks, diff.PrintWantGot(d))
 	}
+
+	skippedTasks := []string{"c-task", "d-task"}
+	for _, skippedTask := range skippedTasks {
+		labelSelector := fmt.Sprintf("tekton.dev/pipelineTask=%s,tekton.dev/pipelineRun=test-pipeline-run-different-service-accs", skippedTask)
+		actualSkippedTask, err := clients.Pipeline.TektonV1beta1().TaskRuns("foo").List(metav1.ListOptions{
+			LabelSelector: labelSelector,
+			Limit:         1,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failure to list TaskRun's %s", err)
+		}
+		if len(actualSkippedTask.Items) != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected 0 TaskRuns got %d", len(actualSkippedTask.Items))
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // TestReconcileWithAffinityAssistantStatefulSet tests that given a pipelineRun with workspaces,