diff --git a/.github/workflows/render-preview-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/render-preview-deploy.yml
index cb29c568c2..a91e66cca6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render-preview-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render-preview-deploy.yml
@@ -261,7 +261,12 @@ jobs:
           PGUSER: ${{ secrets.RENDER_DS_PG_USER }}
           PGDATABASE: ${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}
         run: |
-          PGPASSWORD=${{ secrets.RENDER_DS_PG_PASS }} psql -h $PGHOST -p $PGPORT -U $PGUSER -d postgres -c "drop database \"$PGDATABASE\" ;"
+          if PGPASSWORD=${{ secrets.RENDER_DS_PG_PASS }} psql -h $PGHOST -p $PGPORT -U $PGUSER -lqt | cut -d \| -f 1 | grep -qw $PGDATABASE; then
+            echo "Database $PGDATABASE exists, deleting..."
+            PGPASSWORD=${{ secrets.RENDER_DS_PG_PASS }} psql -h $PGHOST -p $PGPORT -U $PGUSER -d postgres -c "drop database \"$PGDATABASE\" ;"
+          else
+            echo "Database $PGDATABASE does not exist."
+          fi
 
   suspend-review-app:
     if: ${{ github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'suspend-review-app' }}