diff --git a/api/database/boltdb/db.go b/api/database/boltdb/db.go
index 61626ee47..e8d52286b 100644
--- a/api/database/boltdb/db.go
+++ b/api/database/boltdb/db.go
@@ -419,9 +419,9 @@ func (connection *DbConnection) RestoreMetadata(s map[string]interface{}) error
 		}
 
 		err = connection.Batch(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
-			bucket := tx.Bucket([]byte(bucketName))
-			if bucket == nil {
-				return nil
+			bucket, err := tx.CreateBucketIfNotExists([]byte(bucketName))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 			return bucket.SetSequence(uint64(id))
 		})