diff --git a/models/migrations/migrations.go b/models/migrations/migrations.go
index 4a06cdc73a..28e3be503b 100644
--- a/models/migrations/migrations.go
+++ b/models/migrations/migrations.go
@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ var migrations = []Migration{
 	NewMigration("Rename user themes", v1_22.RenameUserThemes),
 	// v281 -> v282
 	NewMigration("Add auth_token table", v1_22.CreateAuthTokenTable),
+	// v282 -> v283
+	NewMigration("Add Index to pull_auto_merge.doer_id", v1_22.AddIndexToPullAutoMergeDoerID),
 }
 
 // GetCurrentDBVersion returns the current db version
diff --git a/models/migrations/v1_22/v282.go b/models/migrations/v1_22/v282.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baad9e0916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/migrations/v1_22/v282.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package v1_22 //nolint
+
+import (
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+)
+
+func AddIndexToPullAutoMergeDoerID(x *xorm.Engine) error {
+	type PullAutoMerge struct {
+		DoerID int64 `xorm:"INDEX NOT NULL"`
+	}
+
+	return x.Sync(&PullAutoMerge{})
+}
diff --git a/models/pull/automerge.go b/models/pull/automerge.go
index f68fb7c681..f69fcb60d1 100644
--- a/models/pull/automerge.go
+++ b/models/pull/automerge.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 type AutoMerge struct {
 	ID          int64                 `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
 	PullID      int64                 `xorm:"UNIQUE"`
-	DoerID      int64                 `xorm:"NOT NULL"`
+	DoerID      int64                 `xorm:"INDEX NOT NULL"`
 	Doer        *user_model.User      `xorm:"-"`
 	MergeStyle  repo_model.MergeStyle `xorm:"varchar(30)"`
 	Message     string                `xorm:"LONGTEXT"`