FM workflow is restarting

Hi.
I have implemented a workflow for funds reservartion approval (it's a copy of standard workflow WS50000016) with triggering events FMRE-CREATED and FMRE-CHANGED. Approval procedure is working fine when document is created (transaction FMX1) or changed (transaction FMX2).
A funds reservation document has a Purchase Requisition as subsequent document. Problem is: when PR is modified (transaction ME52N) system triggers again the event FMRE-CHANGED and funds reservartion document goes to approval procedure again. This is in production system; QAS works fine.
Any idea in how to evoid this behavior? Thanks for any help.
Kind regards.
Juan

Hi Rick, thanks for your answer.
As I mentioned in last answer, current problem is after an upgrade from 4.7c to ECC 6.0.
There's not any start condition for workflow.
In both systems (QA and Production) there are activated links in SWE2 between FMRE-CHANGED and FMRE-CREATED and the workflow.
MM consultant ensures me that there's no change in ME52N in QA.
Any other idea?
Kind regards.
Juan

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