diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/073_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/073_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/073_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/074_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/074_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/074_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/075_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/075_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/075_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/076_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/076_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/076_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/077_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/077_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api_migrations/migrate_repo/versions/077_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/408_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/408_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/408_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/409_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/409_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/409_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/410_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/410_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/410_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/411_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/411_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/411_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/412_placeholder.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/412_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a932245044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/412_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+# This is a placeholder for backports.
+# Do not use this number for new work.  New work starts after
+# all the placeholders.
+#
+# See this for more information:
+# http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-March/006827.html
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    pass
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/db/api/test_migrations.py b/nova/tests/functional/db/api/test_migrations.py
index 9f873f2c593..e77563524bf 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/db/api/test_migrations.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/db/api/test_migrations.py
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ def _skippable_migrations(self):
         # We forgot to add the rocky placeholders
         stein_placeholders = list(range(63, 68))
         train_placeholders = list(range(68, 73))
+        ussuri_placeholders = list(range(73, 78))
         special_cases = [
             30,  # Enforcement migration, no changes to test
         ]
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ def _skippable_migrations(self):
                 queens_placeholders +
                 stein_placeholders +
                 train_placeholders +
+                ussuri_placeholders +
                 special_cases)
 
     def migrate_up(self, version, with_data=False):
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/db/test_migrations.py b/nova/tests/unit/db/test_migrations.py
index adca3d8f6e0..26c8f996c80 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/db/test_migrations.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/db/test_migrations.py
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ def _skippable_migrations(self):
         # significantly
         stein_placeholders = list(range(392, 397))
         train_placeholders = list(range(403, 408))
+        ussuri_placeholders = list(range(408, 413))
 
         return (special +
                 havana_placeholders +
@@ -196,7 +197,8 @@ def _skippable_migrations(self):
                 pike_placeholders +
                 queens_placeholders +
                 stein_placeholders +
-                train_placeholders)
+                train_placeholders +
+                ussuri_placeholders)
 
     def migrate_up(self, version, with_data=False):
         if with_data: