diff --git a/debian/rake-tasks.sh b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
index 30ab4ce4f1..17656108be 100755
--- a/debian/rake-tasks.sh
+++ b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export DB RAILS_ENV
 cd /usr/share/gitlab
 
 # Check if the db is already present
-db_relations="$(LANG=C runuser -u postgres -- sh -c "psql gitlab_production -c \"\d\"")"
+db_relations="$(LANG=C runuser -u postgres -- sh -c "psql gitlab_production -c \"\d\"" 2>&1)"
 if [ "$db_relations" = "No relations found." ] || \
   [ "$db_relations" = "Did not find any relations." ]; then
   echo "Initializing database..."