diff --git a/sa/db/boulder_sa/20230519000000_CrlShards.sql b/sa/db/boulder_sa/20230519000000_CrlShards.sql
index 6c0d0f9eb..8f4152299 100644
--- a/sa/db/boulder_sa/20230519000000_CrlShards.sql
+++ b/sa/db/boulder_sa/20230519000000_CrlShards.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -- +migrate Up
 -- SQL in section 'Up' is executed when this migration is applied
 
-CREATE TABLE `crlShards` (
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `crlShards` (
   `id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `issuerID` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
   `idx` int UNSIGNED NOT NULL,