diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_16978.sql b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_16978.sql
index 6d15c214e0..4ee70f0bf8 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_16978.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_16978.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 INSERT IGNORE INTO `permissions`
     (module_bit, code,             description) VALUES
     (16,         'delete_reports', 'Delete SQL reports');
+
+INSERT IGNORE INTO user_permissions
+    (borrowernumber,      module_bit,code)
+    SELECT borrowernumber,module_bit,'delete_reports'
+        FROM user_permissions
+        WHERE module_bit=16 AND code='create_reports';