diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/db/migration/data/v310/reset_missing_captcha_plugin.php b/phpBB/phpbb/db/migration/data/v310/reset_missing_captcha_plugin.php
index d5f9076196..68d630b063 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/db/migration/data/v310/reset_missing_captcha_plugin.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/db/migration/data/v310/reset_missing_captcha_plugin.php
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class reset_missing_captcha_plugin extends \phpbb\db\migration\migration
 	{
 		return array(
 			array('if', array(
-				(!is_file($this->phpbb_root_path . "includes/captcha/plugins/{$this->config['captcha_plugin']}_plugin." . $this->php_ext)),
+				(!is_dir($this->phpbb_root_path . 'phpbb/captcha/plugins/') &&
+				!is_file($this->phpbb_root_path . "includes/captcha/plugins/{$this->config['captcha_plugin']}_plugin." . $this->php_ext)),
 				array('config.update', array('captcha_plugin', 'phpbb_captcha_nogd')),
 			)),
 		);