diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index b830e10d6d1..82f2b239284 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # we need to run seed_fu every time we run rake db:migrate
 task 'db:migrate' => 'environment' do
-  I18n.locale = SiteSetting.default_locale
+  I18n.locale = SiteSetting.default_locale rescue :en
   SeedFu.seed
 end
 
 task 'test:prepare' => 'environment' do
-  I18n.locale = SiteSetting.default_locale
+  I18n.locale = SiteSetting.default_locale rescue :en
   SeedFu.seed
 end