diff --git a/db_scripts/diff/13840_not_replicated.up b/db_scripts/diff/13840_not_replicated.up
index ea42e3b1..fc7ba412 100644
--- a/db_scripts/diff/13840_not_replicated.up
+++ b/db_scripts/diff/13840_not_replicated.up
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- don't replicate this up script to not break 2.8->3.0 upgrade
 
-CREATE DATABASE prosody;
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS prosody;
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON prosody.* TO 'prosody'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PW_PROSODY';
 GRANT SELECT ON provisioning.voip_preferences TO prosody@localhost;
 GRANT SELECT ON provisioning.voip_usr_preferences TO prosody@localhost;