diff --git a/assemblies/pentaho-data/src/main/resources/data/mysql/create_quartz_mysql.sql b/assemblies/pentaho-data/src/main/resources/data/mysql/create_quartz_mysql.sql
index 6317560e94..f57ba3bbbc 100644
--- a/assemblies/pentaho-data/src/main/resources/data/mysql/create_quartz_mysql.sql
+++ b/assemblies/pentaho-data/src/main/resources/data/mysql/create_quartz_mysql.sql
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `quartz` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1;
 
-CREATE USER 'pentaho_user'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
+CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'pentaho_user'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON quartz.* to 'pentaho_user'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
 
 USE `quartz`;