diff --git a/debian/rake-tasks.sh b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
index c0f202086a..30ab4ce4f1 100755
--- a/debian/rake-tasks.sh
+++ b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ export DB RAILS_ENV
 cd /usr/share/gitlab
 
 # Check if the db is already present
-if [ "$(LANG=C runuser -u postgres -- sh -c "psql gitlab_production -c \"\d\"")" = \
-"No relations found." ]; then
+db_relations="$(LANG=C runuser -u postgres -- sh -c "psql gitlab_production -c \"\d\"")"
+if [ "$db_relations" = "No relations found." ] || \
+  [ "$db_relations" = "Did not find any relations." ]; then
   echo "Initializing database..."
   test -f ${gitlab_home}/db/schema.rb || \
   runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c \