diff --git a/erpnext/patches/v14_0/migrate_cost_center_allocations.py b/erpnext/patches/v14_0/migrate_cost_center_allocations.py
index 3d217d89e2f..c4f097fdd92 100644
--- a/erpnext/patches/v14_0/migrate_cost_center_allocations.py
+++ b/erpnext/patches/v14_0/migrate_cost_center_allocations.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def create_new_cost_center_allocation_records(cc_allocations):
 		cca.submit()
 
 def get_existing_cost_center_allocations():
-	if not frappe.get_meta("Cost Center").has_field("enable_distributed_cost_center"):
+	if not frappe.db.exists("DocType", "Distributed Cost Center"):
 		return
 
 	par = frappe.qb.DocType("Cost Center")