diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index 535a2c362f2..324065c1162 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -1125,8 +1125,11 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
     project.merge_requests.merged.where(author_id: author_id).empty?
   end
 
+  # TODO: remove once production database rename completes
+  alias_attribute :allow_collaboration, :allow_maintainer_to_push
+
   def allow_collaboration
-    collaborative_push_possible? && super
+    collaborative_push_possible? && allow_maintainer_to_push
   end
 
   alias_method :allow_collaboration?, :allow_collaboration
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180523042841_rename_merge_requests_allow_maintainer_to_push.rb b/db/migrate/20180523042841_rename_merge_requests_allow_maintainer_to_push.rb
index 975bdfe70f4..41bc7b71694 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20180523042841_rename_merge_requests_allow_maintainer_to_push.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20180523042841_rename_merge_requests_allow_maintainer_to_push.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ class RenameMergeRequestsAllowMaintainerToPush < ActiveRecord::Migration
   disable_ddl_transaction!
 
   def up
-    rename_column_concurrently :merge_requests, :allow_maintainer_to_push, :allow_collaboration
+    # NOOP
   end
 
   def down
-    cleanup_concurrent_column_rename :merge_requests, :allow_collaboration, :allow_maintainer_to_push
+    if column_exists?(:merge_requests, :allow_collaboration)
+      cleanup_concurrent_column_rename :merge_requests, :allow_collaboration, :allow_maintainer_to_push
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180608110058_rename_merge_requests_allow_collaboration.rb b/db/migrate/20180608110058_rename_merge_requests_allow_collaboration.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcbbef9bd4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180608110058_rename_merge_requests_allow_collaboration.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# See http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/development/migration_style_guide.html
+# for more information on how to write migrations for GitLab.
+
+class RenameMergeRequestsAllowCollaboration < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+
+  # Set this constant to true if this migration requires downtime.
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def up
+    if column_exists?(:merge_requests, :allow_collaboration)
+      rename_column_concurrently :merge_requests, :allow_collaboration, :allow_maintainer_to_push
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    # NOOP
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20180523125103_cleanup_merge_requests_allow_maintainer_to_push_rename.rb b/db/post_migrate/20180523125103_cleanup_merge_requests_allow_maintainer_to_push_rename.rb
index b9ce4600675..7301bcf2c6c 100644
--- a/db/post_migrate/20180523125103_cleanup_merge_requests_allow_maintainer_to_push_rename.rb
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20180523125103_cleanup_merge_requests_allow_maintainer_to_push_rename.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ class CleanupMergeRequestsAllowMaintainerToPushRename < ActiveRecord::Migration
   disable_ddl_transaction!
 
   def up
-    cleanup_concurrent_column_rename :merge_requests, :allow_maintainer_to_push, :allow_collaboration
+    # NOOP
   end
 
   def down
-    rename_column_concurrently :merge_requests, :allow_collaboration, :allow_maintainer_to_push
+    if column_exists?(:merge_requests, :allow_collaboration)
+      rename_column_concurrently :merge_requests, :allow_collaboration, :allow_maintainer_to_push
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20180608201435_cleanup_merge_requests_allow_collaboration_rename.rb b/db/post_migrate/20180608201435_cleanup_merge_requests_allow_collaboration_rename.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f3edb8ea3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20180608201435_cleanup_merge_requests_allow_collaboration_rename.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# See http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/development/migration_style_guide.html
+# for more information on how to write migrations for GitLab.
+
+class CleanupMergeRequestsAllowCollaborationRename < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def up
+    if column_exists?(:merge_requests, :allow_collaboration)
+      cleanup_concurrent_column_rename :merge_requests, :allow_collaboration, :allow_maintainer_to_push
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    # NOOP
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index d1446af0a2e..d05c6afbb9f 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180603190921) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180608201435) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -1231,8 +1231,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180603190921) do
     t.boolean "discussion_locked"
     t.integer "latest_merge_request_diff_id"
     t.string "rebase_commit_sha"
-    t.boolean "allow_collaboration"
     t.boolean "squash", default: false, null: false
+    t.boolean "allow_maintainer_to_push"
   end
 
   add_index "merge_requests", ["assignee_id"], name: "index_merge_requests_on_assignee_id", using: :btree
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/safe_model_attributes.yml b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/safe_model_attributes.yml
index 4354dca25ea..0a1e3eb83d3 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/safe_model_attributes.yml
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/safe_model_attributes.yml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ MergeRequest:
 - last_edited_by_id
 - head_pipeline_id
 - discussion_locked
-- allow_collaboration
+- allow_maintainer_to_push
 MergeRequestDiff:
 - id
 - state