diff --git a/awx/main/utils/common.py b/awx/main/utils/common.py
index 1e134b46f82d..f653b18e0c70 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/common.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/common.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_datetime
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
-from django.db import connection, transaction, ProgrammingError
+from django.db import connection, transaction, ProgrammingError, IntegrityError
 from django.db.models.fields.related import ForeignObjectRel, ManyToManyField
 from django.db.models.fields.related_descriptors import ForwardManyToOneDescriptor, ManyToManyDescriptor
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
@@ -1164,13 +1164,23 @@ def create_partition(tblname, start=None):
     try:
         with transaction.atomic():
             with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+                r_tuples = cursor.execute(f"SELECT EXISTS (SELECT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_name = '{tblname}_{partition_label}');")
+                for row in r_tuples:  # should only have 1
+                    for val in row:  # should only have 1
+                        if val is True:
+                            logger.debug(f'Event partition table {tblname}_{partition_label} already exists')
+                            return
+
                 cursor.execute(
-                    f'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {tblname}_{partition_label} '
-                    f'PARTITION OF {tblname} '
-                    f'FOR VALUES FROM (\'{start_timestamp}\') to (\'{end_timestamp}\');'
+                    f'CREATE TABLE {tblname}_{partition_label} (LIKE {tblname} INCLUDING DEFAULTS INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS); '
+                    f'ALTER TABLE {tblname} ATTACH PARTITION {tblname}_{partition_label} '
+                    f'FOR VALUES FROM (\'{start_timestamp}\') TO (\'{end_timestamp}\');'
                 )
-    except ProgrammingError as e:
-        logger.debug(f'Caught known error due to existing partition: {e}')
+    except (ProgrammingError, IntegrityError) as e:
+        if 'already exists' in str(e):
+            logger.info(f'Caught known error due to partition creation race: {e}')
+        else:
+            raise
 
 
 def cleanup_new_process(func):