diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/db.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/db.rake
index ecf6b6e068b..5476438b8fa 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/db.rake
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
 
       ref = Shellwords.escape(args[:ref])
 
-      migrations = `git diff #{ref}.. --name-only -- db/migrate`.lines
+      migrations = `git diff #{ref}.. --diff-filter=A --name-only -- db/migrate`.lines
         .map { |file| Rails.root.join(file.strip).to_s }
         .select { |file| File.file?(file) }