diff --git a/lib/gitlab/database/migration_helpers.rb b/lib/gitlab/database/migration_helpers.rb
index 74c87fa290598be90faedb37c12e708897a909c4..31a87b73fbe7d78ddee38f57fda7b04ff94123ac 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/database/migration_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/database/migration_helpers.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module Gitlab
             query += " AND id < #{stop_row['id']}"
           end
 
-          execute(query.strip_heredoc)
+          execute(query)
 
           processed += batch_size
         end