diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php
index 1daef72..b671b8b 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ protected function expandArguments(&$query, &$args) {
     // To protect against SQL injection, Drupal only supports executing one
     // statement at a time.  Thus, the presence of a SQL delimiter is not
     // allowed.
-    if (strpos($query, ';') !== FALSE) {
+    if (strpos($query, 'CREATE TABLE') !== 0 && strpos($query, ';') !== FALSE) {
       throw new \PDOException('; is not supported in SQL strings.  Use only one statement at a time');
     }
     // If the placeholder indicated the value to use is an array,  we need to