diff --git a/sources/api/migration/migration-helpers/src/common_migrations.rs b/sources/api/migration/migration-helpers/src/common_migrations.rs
index ec1d86d261a..ce06e895e07 100644
--- a/sources/api/migration/migration-helpers/src/common_migrations.rs
+++ b/sources/api/migration/migration-helpers/src/common_migrations.rs
@@ -1369,3 +1369,25 @@ mod test_replace_metadata {
         );
     }
 }
+
+// =^..^=   =^..^=   =^..^=   =^..^=   =^..^=   =^..^=   =^..^=   =^..^=   =^..^=
+
+/// When we add conditional migrations that can only run for specific variants, we need to run this
+/// migration helper for cases where the migration does NOT apply so migrator will still create a valid
+/// intermediary datastore that the host can transition to.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct NoOpMigration;
+
+impl Migration for NoOpMigration {
+    /// No work to do on forward migrations, copy the same datastore
+    fn forward(&mut self, input: MigrationData) -> Result<MigrationData> {
+        println!("NoOpMigration has no work to do on upgrade.",);
+        Ok(input)
+    }
+
+    /// No work to do on backward migrations, copy the same datastore
+    fn backward(&mut self, input: MigrationData) -> Result<MigrationData> {
+        println!("NoOpMigration has no work to do on downgrade.",);
+        Ok(input)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/add-k8s-autoscaling-warm-pool-setting-metadata/src/main.rs b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/add-k8s-autoscaling-warm-pool-setting-metadata/src/main.rs
index ae1239f30e7..8a4e76d6ad7 100644
--- a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/add-k8s-autoscaling-warm-pool-setting-metadata/src/main.rs
+++ b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/add-k8s-autoscaling-warm-pool-setting-metadata/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![deny(rust_2018_idioms)]
 
-use migration_helpers::common_migrations::{AddMetadataMigration, SettingMetadata};
+use migration_helpers::common_migrations::{AddMetadataMigration, NoOpMigration, SettingMetadata};
 use migration_helpers::{migrate, Result};
 use std::process;
 
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         migrate(AddMetadataMigration(&[SettingMetadata {
             metadata: &["affected-services"],
             setting: "settings.autoscaling",
-        }]));
-    };
+        }]))?;
+    } else {
+        migrate(NoOpMigration)?;
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/add-k8s-autoscaling-warm-pool-setting/src/main.rs b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/add-k8s-autoscaling-warm-pool-setting/src/main.rs
index f81bd14d99e..ad14000b688 100644
--- a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/add-k8s-autoscaling-warm-pool-setting/src/main.rs
+++ b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/add-k8s-autoscaling-warm-pool-setting/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![deny(rust_2018_idioms)]
 
-use migration_helpers::common_migrations::AddPrefixesMigration;
+use migration_helpers::common_migrations::{AddPrefixesMigration, NoOpMigration};
 use migration_helpers::{migrate, Result};
 use std::process;
 
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
             "settings.autoscaling",
             "services.autoscaling-warm-pool",
             "configuration-files.warm-pool-wait-toml",
-        ]));
-    };
+        ]))?;
+    } else {
+        migrate(NoOpMigration)?;
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/oci-defaults-setting-metadata/src/main.rs b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/oci-defaults-setting-metadata/src/main.rs
index 76e827e73ca..f8610cc70ce 100644
--- a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/oci-defaults-setting-metadata/src/main.rs
+++ b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/oci-defaults-setting-metadata/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #![deny(rust_2018_idioms)]
-use migration_helpers::common_migrations::{AddMetadataMigration, SettingMetadata};
+use migration_helpers::common_migrations::{AddMetadataMigration, NoOpMigration, SettingMetadata};
 use migration_helpers::{migrate, Result};
 use std::process;
 
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
             metadata: &["affected-services"],
             setting: "settings.oci-defaults",
         }]))?
-    };
+    } else {
+        migrate(NoOpMigration)?;
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/oci-defaults-setting/src/main.rs b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/oci-defaults-setting/src/main.rs
index 00f7af72bdd..84438b42287 100644
--- a/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/oci-defaults-setting/src/main.rs
+++ b/sources/api/migration/migrations/v1.12.0/oci-defaults-setting/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![deny(rust_2018_idioms)]
 
-use migration_helpers::common_migrations;
+use migration_helpers::common_migrations::{AddPrefixesMigration, NoOpMigration};
 use migration_helpers::{migrate, Result};
 use std::process;
 
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ use std::process;
 /// `settings.oci-defaults.resource-limits`
 fn run() -> Result<()> {
     if cfg!(variant_runtime = "k8s") {
-        migrate(common_migrations::AddPrefixesMigration(vec![
+        migrate(AddPrefixesMigration(vec![
             "settings.oci-defaults",
             "services.oci-defaults",
             "configuration-files.oci-defaults",
         ]))?
+    } else {
+        migrate(NoOpMigration)?;
     }
 
     Ok(())