diff --git a/resources/sql/patches/088.audit.sql b/resources/sql/patches/088.audit.sql
index a5b23a7cca..a1d90be6d7 100644
--- a/resources/sql/patches/088.audit.sql
+++ b/resources/sql/patches/088.audit.sql
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS phabricator_audit;
+
 ALTER TABLE phabricator_owners.owners_packagecommitrelationship
   ADD COLUMN `auditStatus` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
   ADD COLUMN `auditReasons` longtext NOT NULL,
   DROP KEY `packagePHID`,
   ADD KEY `packagePHID` (`packagePHID`, `auditStatus`, `id`);
 
-CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS phabricator_audit;
-
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTs phabricator_audit.audit_comment (
   `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `phid` varchar(64) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_bin NOT NULL,