diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MigrationImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MigrationImpl.java
index 500cb155d8..f081e42bad 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MigrationImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MigrationImpl.java
@@ -426,7 +426,11 @@ final class MigrationImpl extends AbstractScope implements Migration {
 
         // [#8301] Find a better way to test if our table already exists
         try {
-            historyCtx.fetchExists(HISTORY);
+            Configuration c = historyCtx
+                .configuration()
+                .derive();
+            c.data("org.jooq.tools.LoggerListener.exception.mute", true);
+            c.dsl().fetchExists(HISTORY);
             return true;
         }
         catch (DataAccessException ignore) {}
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/LoggerListener.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/LoggerListener.java
index dc1b4d0bc8..0570e97c8d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/LoggerListener.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/LoggerListener.java
@@ -236,7 +236,10 @@ public class LoggerListener implements ExecuteListener {
 
     @Override
     public void exception(ExecuteContext ctx) {
-        if (log.isDebugEnabled())
+
+        // [#9506] An internal, undocumented flag that allows for muting exception logging of
+        //         "expected" exceptions.
+        if (log.isDebugEnabled() && ctx.configuration().data("org.jooq.tools.LoggerListener.exception.mute") == null)
             log.debug("Exception", ctx.exception());
     }