diff --git a/roles/distgit/templates/genacls.pkgdb.stg b/roles/distgit/templates/genacls.pkgdb.stg
index 55f7c119c1..aaeb259eb0 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/templates/genacls.pkgdb.stg
+++ b/roles/distgit/templates/genacls.pkgdb.stg
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ def update_owners_to_db(namespace, pkg, owners):
                     docfolder=pagure.APP.config['DOCS_FOLDER'],
                     ticketfolder=pagure.APP.config['TICKETS_FOLDER'],
                     requestfolder=pagure.APP.config['REQUESTS_FOLDER'],
+                    ignore_existing_repo=True,
                 )
                 SESSION.commit()
                 flag = False
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ def update_groups_to_db(namespace, pkg, pkg_groups):
                     docfolder=pagure.APP.config['DOCS_FOLDER'],
                     ticketfolder=pagure.APP.config['TICKETS_FOLDER'],
                     requestfolder=pagure.APP.config['REQUESTS_FOLDER'],
+                    ignore_existing_repo=True,
                 )
                 SESSION.commit()
                 flag = False