diff --git a/model/api/src/main/java/org/keycloak/migration/MigrationModelManager.java b/model/api/src/main/java/org/keycloak/migration/MigrationModelManager.java
index a0e5959091..62dcd68dd5 100755
--- a/model/api/src/main/java/org/keycloak/migration/MigrationModelManager.java
+++ b/model/api/src/main/java/org/keycloak/migration/MigrationModelManager.java
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ public class MigrationModelManager {
         String storedVersion = model.getStoredVersion();
         if (MigrationModel.LATEST_VERSION.equals(storedVersion)) return;
         ModelVersion stored = null;
-        if (storedVersion == null) stored = new ModelVersion(0, 0, 0);
-        else stored = new ModelVersion(storedVersion);
+        if (storedVersion != null) new ModelVersion(storedVersion);
 
-        if (stored.lessThan(MigrationTo1_2_0_CR1.VERSION)) {
-            logger.info("Migrating older model to 1.2.0.RC1 updates");
+        if (stored == null || stored.lessThan(MigrationTo1_2_0_CR1.VERSION)) {
+            if (stored != null) {
+                logger.debug("Migrating older model to 1.2.0.RC1 updates");
+            }
             new MigrationTo1_2_0_CR1().migrate(session);
         }
 
         model.setStoredVersion(MigrationModel.LATEST_VERSION);
-
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/testsuite/integration/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/testsuite/integration/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index d94d2f9c74..a776341146 100755
--- a/testsuite/integration/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/testsuite/integration/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ log4j.logger.org.keycloak=info
 # log4j.logger.org.keycloak.connections.jpa.updater.liquibase.LiquibaseJpaUpdaterProvider=debug
 # log4j.logger.org.keycloak.connections.mongo.updater.DefaultMongoUpdaterProvider=debug
 # log4j.logger.org.keycloak.connections.jpa.DefaultJpaConnectionProviderFactory=debug
+# log4j.logger.org.keycloak.migration.MigrationModelManager=debug
 
 # Enable to view kerberos/spnego logging
 # log4j.logger.org.keycloak.broker.kerberos=trace