diff --git a/modules/gapi/src/backends/ie/giebackend.cpp b/modules/gapi/src/backends/ie/giebackend.cpp
index 1cd3285441..bf5d458af4 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/src/backends/ie/giebackend.cpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/src/backends/ie/giebackend.cpp
@@ -1290,6 +1290,17 @@ namespace {
                                     , cv::gimpl::ie::InferList2
                                     >();
         }
+
+        virtual bool controlsMerge() const override {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        virtual bool allowsMerge(const cv::gimpl::GIslandModel::Graph &,
+                                 const ade::NodeHandle &,
+                                 const ade::NodeHandle &,
+                                 const ade::NodeHandle &) const override {
+            return false;
+        }
     };
 }