diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_13984-add-CardnumberLength_unless_exists.sql b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_13984-add-CardnumberLength_unless_exists.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b294dfc9f..0000000000
--- a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_13984-add-CardnumberLength_unless_exists.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-INSERT IGNORE INTO systempreferences (variable,value,options,explanation,type) VALUES('CardnumberLength', '', '', 'Set a length for card numbers.', 'Free');
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index 6c578a7cbf..2cbec162b3 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -10291,6 +10291,16 @@ if ( CheckVersion($DBversion) ) {
     SetVersion ($DBversion);
 }
 
+$DBversion = "3.19.00.034";
+if ( CheckVersion($DBversion) ) {
+    $dbh->do(q|
+        INSERT IGNORE INTO systempreferences (variable,value,options,explanation,type)
+        VALUES('CardnumberLength', '', '', 'Set a length for card numbers.', 'Free')
+    |);
+    print "Upgrade to $DBversion done (Bug 13984: CardnumberLength syspref missing on some setups\n";
+    SetVersion ($DBversion);
+}
+
 # DEVELOPER PROCESS, search for anything to execute in the db_update directory
 # SEE bug 13068
 # if there is anything in the atomicupdate, read and execute it.
diff --git a/kohaversion.pl b/kohaversion.pl
index 016752dfcb..6fedc501f0 100644
--- a/kohaversion.pl
+++ b/kohaversion.pl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ the kohaversion is divided in 4 parts :
 use strict;
 
 sub kohaversion {
-    our $VERSION = '3.19.00.033';
+    our $VERSION = '3.19.00.034';
     # version needs to be set this way
     # so that it can be picked up by Makefile.PL
     # during install