diff --git a/susemanager/bin/pg-migrate-x-to-y.sh b/susemanager/bin/pg-migrate-x-to-y.sh
index 9fefc976b113..e133cbdf5849 100755
--- a/susemanager/bin/pg-migrate-x-to-y.sh
+++ b/susemanager/bin/pg-migrate-x-to-y.sh
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ fi
 
 cp /var/lib/pgsql/data-pg$OLD_VERSION/pg_hba.conf /var/lib/pgsql/data
 cp /var/lib/pgsql/data-pg${OLD_VERSION}/postgresql.conf /var/lib/pgsql/data/
-chown postgres:postgres /var/lib/pgsql/data/*
 
 echo "$(timestamp)   Tune new postgresql configuration..."
 smdba system-check autotuning
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    chown postgres:postgres /var/lib/pgsql/data/*
     echo "$(timestamp)   Successfully tuned new postgresql configuration."
 else
     echo "$(timestamp)   Tuning of new postgresql configuration failed!"
diff --git a/susemanager/susemanager.changes.vzhestkov.fix-owner-after-smdba b/susemanager/susemanager.changes.vzhestkov.fix-owner-after-smdba
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e97c1e798fcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/susemanager/susemanager.changes.vzhestkov.fix-owner-after-smdba
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fix possible permission issues with database migration script (bsc#1214746)