diff --git a/app/models/doi.rb b/app/models/doi.rb
index ac53ae55c..3fb37e792 100644
--- a/app/models/doi.rb
+++ b/app/models/doi.rb
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ def self.import_by_day(options={})
 
         # update_columns will NOT trigger validations and Elasticsearch indexing
         doi.update_columns(attrs)
-      rescue TypeError, NoMethodError, RuntimeError, ActiveRecord::LockWaitTimeout => error
+      rescue TypeError, NoMethodError, RuntimeError, ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid, ActiveRecord::LockWaitTimeout => error
         logger.error "[MySQL] Error importing metadata for " + doi.doi + ": " + error.message
       else
         count += 1
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ def self.import_by_day_missing(options={})
 
         # update_columns will NOT trigger validations and Elasticsearch indexing
         doi.update_columns(attrs)
-      rescue TypeError, NoMethodError, RuntimeError, ActiveRecord::LockWaitTimeout => error
+      rescue TypeError, NoMethodError, RuntimeError, ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid, ActiveRecord::LockWaitTimeout => error
         logger.error "[MySQL] Error importing metadata for " + doi.doi + ": " + error.message
       else
         count += 1