diff --git a/jOOQ-meta-extensions-hibernate/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/extensions/jpa/JPADatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta-extensions-hibernate/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/extensions/jpa/JPADatabase.java
index 7cdad7605b..92500ce572 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta-extensions-hibernate/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/extensions/jpa/JPADatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta-extensions-hibernate/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/extensions/jpa/JPADatabase.java
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ public class JPADatabase extends AbstractInterpretingDatabase {
 
         // Hibernate 5.2 broke 5.0 API again. Here's how to do this now:
         SchemaExport export = new SchemaExport();
+
+        // [#17274] Don't swallow errors during the exports
+        export.setHaltOnError(true);
         export.create(EnumSet.of(TargetType.DATABASE), metadata.buildMetadata());
 
         if (useAttributeConverters)