--- a/woo_commenter.py
+++ b/woo_commenter.py
@@ -258,19 +258,18 @@ def main():
                     bug_info = get_triage_info_for_bug(bmo_session, bug_id)
                 whiteboard = bug_info['whiteboard']
                 if (((bug_info['product'], bug_info['component']) in components) and
                     ('intermittent-failure' in bug_info['keywords']) and
                     ('[stockwell fixed' not in whiteboard) and
                     ('[stockwell disabled' not in whiteboard) and
                     ('[stockwell infra' not in whiteboard)):
                     # do not update priority on bugs already awaiting triage or
-                    # already a high priority (P1 should be re-triaged weekly)
-                    if ((bug_info['priority'] != '--') and
-                        (bug_info['priority'] != 'P1')):
+                    # already P1/P2/P3 (hopefully recently triaged)
+                    if bug_info['priority'] not in ['--', 'P1', 'P2', 'P3']:
                         params['priority'] = '--'
                     # remove any [stockwell xxx] from whiteboard, then add
                     # [stockwell needswork:owner], unless it is already there
                     whiteboard = bug_info['whiteboard']
                     if not WHITEBOARD_NEEDSWORK_OWNER in whiteboard:
                         whiteboard = stockwell_whiteboard(whiteboard, WHITEBOARD_NEEDSWORK_OWNER)
         # When skip-threshold exceeded, also update whiteboard
         if priority == 3: