diff --git a/models/migrations/v184.go b/models/migrations/v184.go
index b7be342b871c..97bc72d5d94a 100644
--- a/models/migrations/v184.go
+++ b/models/migrations/v184.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package migrations
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
@@ -19,6 +20,22 @@ func renameTaskErrorsToMessage(x *xorm.Engine) error {
 		Status int `xorm:"index"`
 	}
 
+	// This migration maybe rerun so that we should check if it has been run
+	messageExist, err := x.Dialect().IsColumnExist(x.DB(), context.Background(), "task", "message")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if messageExist {
+		errorsExist, err := x.Dialect().IsColumnExist(x.DB(), context.Background(), "task", "errors")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !errorsExist {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	sess := x.NewSession()
 	defer sess.Close()
 	if err := sess.Begin(); err != nil {
@@ -29,6 +46,13 @@ func renameTaskErrorsToMessage(x *xorm.Engine) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error on Sync2: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if messageExist {
+		// if both errors and message exist, drop message at first
+		if err := dropTableColumns(sess, "task", "message"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	switch {
 	case setting.Database.UseMySQL:
 		if _, err := sess.Exec("ALTER TABLE `task` CHANGE errors message text"); err != nil {