diff --git a/.github/scripts/pr-backport.sh b/.github/scripts/pr-backport.sh
index 90caf18f2c..4dcf5608c0 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/pr-backport.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/pr-backport.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 TARGET_REMOTE=upstream
 KEYCLOAK_REPO=https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak
+WORK_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
 PR=$1
 TARGET=$2
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ git fetch $TARGET_REMOTE
 PR_STATE=$(gh pr view $PR --json state 2>/dev/null | jq -r .state)
 
 if [ "$PR_STATE" == "" ]; then
-  error "PR #$PR not found. Make sure the PR exists, and that it's been merged."
+  error "PR #$PR not found. Make sure the PR exists, and that it's been merged, and your gh repo is set to keycloak/keycloak"
 elif [ "$PR_STATE" != "MERGED" ]; then
   error "PR #$PR not merged yet. Only merged PRs can be backported."
 fi
@@ -78,10 +79,13 @@ echo_header "Checkout '$TARGET_REMOTE/$TARGET_BRANCH' to '$PR_BRANCH'"
 git checkout $TARGET_REMOTE/$TARGET_BRANCH -B $PR_BRANCH
 
 echo_header "Cherry-pick $MERGE_COMMIT"
-git cherry-pick $MERGE_COMMIT
+git cherry-pick -x $MERGE_COMMIT
 
 echo_header "Push '$PR_BRANCH' to 'origin' remote"
 git push origin $PR_BRANCH:$PR_BRANCH --set-upstream
 
 echo_header "Opening web browser to create pull request"
 gh pr create -B $TARGET_BRANCH -f -w
+
+echo_header "Checkout to $WORK_BRANCH branch"
+git checkout $WORK_BRANCH