diff --git a/server/core/initializers/migrations/0880-video-comment-count.ts b/server/core/initializers/migrations/0880-video-comment-count.ts
index b4710ab9a..d8c967520 100644
--- a/server/core/initializers/migrations/0880-video-comment-count.ts
+++ b/server/core/initializers/migrations/0880-video-comment-count.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ async function up (utils: {
       allowNull: false
     }, { transaction })
   }
-
-  {
-    const query = 'UPDATE "video" SET "comments" = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "videoComment" WHERE "videoComment"."videoId" = "video"."id")'
-    await utils.sequelize.query(query, { transaction })
-  }
 }
 
 function down (options) {
diff --git a/server/scripts/migrations/peertube-7.2.ts b/server/scripts/migrations/peertube-7.2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0adc2b075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/scripts/migrations/peertube-7.2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { initDatabaseModels, sequelizeTypescript } from '@server/initializers/database.js'
+
+run()
+  .then(() => process.exit(0))
+  .catch(err => {
+    console.error(err)
+    process.exit(-1)
+  })
+
+async function run () {
+  await initDatabaseModels(true)
+
+  console.log('Running SQL request to update comments count...')
+  {
+    const query = 'UPDATE "video" SET "comments" = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "videoComment" WHERE "videoComment"."videoId" = "video"."id")'
+    await sequelizeTypescript.query(query)
+  }
+
+  console.log('Done!')
+}