diff --git a/sa/db/boulder_sa/20240514000000_Paused.sql b/sa/db/boulder_sa/20240514000000_Paused.sql
index 9f5890cad..1707916ba 100644
--- a/sa/db/boulder_sa/20240514000000_Paused.sql
+++ b/sa/db/boulder_sa/20240514000000_Paused.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- partition it. This table expected to be < 800K rows initially and grow at a
 -- rate of ~18% per year.
 
-CREATE TABLE `paused` (
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `paused` (
   `registrationID` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
   `identifierType` tinyint(4) NOT NULL,
   `identifierValue` varchar(255) NOT NULL,