diff --git a/foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/persistence/tools/schemaframework/SequenceDefinition.java b/foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/persistence/tools/schemaframework/SequenceDefinition.java
index 55ad3b3a8af..cc0c5f37ed9 100644
--- a/foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/persistence/tools/schemaframework/SequenceDefinition.java
+++ b/foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/persistence/tools/schemaframework/SequenceDefinition.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Payara Services Ltd.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.io.Writer;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.*;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession;
+import org.eclipse.persistence.logging.SessionLog;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.sequencing.Sequence;
 
 /**
@@ -84,13 +86,27 @@ public void alter(AbstractSession session, Writer writer) throws ValidationExcep
      */
     @Override
     public void createOnDatabase(AbstractSession session) throws EclipseLinkException {
-        if (checkIfExist(session)) {
+        // If the sequence does not already exist a stack trace will be logged
+        // this temporarily  sets the level to FINEST to avoid having appear in the log
+        // unnecessarily
+        int logLevel = session.getLogLevel();
+        session.setLogLevel(SessionLog.FINEST);
+        boolean sequenceExists;
+        try {
+            sequenceExists = checkIfExist(session);
+        } finally {
+            //reset log level
+            session.setLogLevel(logLevel);
+        }
+        
+        if (sequenceExists) {
             if (this.isAlterSupported(session)) {
                 alterOnDatabase(session);
             }
         } else {
             super.createOnDatabase(session);
         }
+
     }
 
     /**