diff --git a/lib/gitlab/database/migration_helpers.rb b/lib/gitlab/database/migration_helpers.rb
index 7f5eb1188fc46a072a1d4cda17a352d286e25dc8..cc61bb7fa028bae45fb119d902e3b951c593e67b 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/database/migration_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/database/migration_helpers.rb
@@ -905,6 +905,12 @@ module Gitlab
         end
       end
 
+      def remove_foreign_key_if_exists(*args)
+        if foreign_key_exists?(*args)
+          remove_foreign_key(*args)
+        end
+      end
+
       def remove_foreign_key_without_error(*args)
         remove_foreign_key(*args)
       rescue ArgumentError