diff --git a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/business/PermissionBitFactoryImpl.java b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/business/PermissionBitFactoryImpl.java
index 241d0af58e1c..12044ce5acb6 100644
--- a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/business/PermissionBitFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/business/PermissionBitFactoryImpl.java
@@ -2291,10 +2291,20 @@ private void deleteInsertPermission(Permissionable permissionable, String type,
             if((inodeList != null && inodeList.size()>0) || (identifierList!=null && identifierList.size()>0)){
                 dc1.executeUpdate(DELETE_PERMISSIONABLE_REFERENCE_SQL, permissionId);
 
-                String query = SQLUtil.generateUpsertSQL("permission_reference", "asset_id", "?",
-						new String[]{"id","asset_id","reference_id","permission_type"},
-						new String[]{"nextval('permission_reference_seq')","?", "?", "?"});
-                dc1.executeUpdate(query, permissionId, newReference.getPermissionId(), type, permissionId, newReference.getPermissionId(), type);
+                if (DbConnectionFactory.isPostgres()) {
+					String query = SQLUtil.generateUpsertSQL("permission_reference", "asset_id", null,
+									new String[]{"id", "asset_id", "reference_id", "permission_type"},
+									new String[]{"nextval('permission_reference_seq')", "?", "?", "?"});
+					dc1.executeUpdate(query, permissionId, newReference.getPermissionId(), type,
+							permissionId, newReference.getPermissionId(), type);
+				}
+				if (DbConnectionFactory.isMySql()) {
+					String query = SQLUtil.generateUpsertSQL("permission_reference", "asset_id", null,
+									new String[]{"asset_id", "reference_id", "permission_type"},
+									new String[]{"?", "?", "?"});
+					dc1.executeUpdate(query, permissionId, newReference.getPermissionId(), type,
+							permissionId, newReference.getPermissionId(), type);
+				}
             }
 
         } catch(Exception exception){
diff --git a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/common/util/SQLUtil.java b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/common/util/SQLUtil.java
index 217065efcb01..b95c4d40a865 100644
--- a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/common/util/SQLUtil.java
+++ b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/common/util/SQLUtil.java
@@ -315,21 +315,35 @@ private static boolean isValidSQLCharacter (final char c) {
 			+ "VALUES (%s) ON CONFLICT (%s) "
 			+ "DO UPDATE SET %s";
 
+	private final static String MYSQL_UPSERT_QUERY =
+			"INSERT INTO %s (%s) "
+			+ "VALUES (%s) ON DUPLICATE KEY "
+			+ "UPDATE %s";
+
 	public static String generateUpsertSQL (String table, String conditionalColumn, String conditionalValue, String[] columns, String[] values) {
 		String query = null;
 
-		if (DbConnectionFactory.isPostgres()) {
-			StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
-			for (int i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
-				buffer.append(columns[i] + " = " + values[i]);
-				if (i < (columns.length -1)) {
-					buffer.append(", ");
-				}
+		//Generate column = value pairs, used for the Update part
+		StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+		for (int i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
+			buffer.append(columns[i] + " = " + values[i]);
+			if (i < (columns.length -1)) {
+				buffer.append(", ");
 			}
+		}
+
+		if (DbConnectionFactory.isPostgres()) {
 			query = String.format(POSTGRES_UPSERT_QUERY, table,
 					StringUtil.merge(columns),
 					StringUtil.merge(values),
-					conditionalColumn, buffer.toString());
+					conditionalColumn,
+					buffer.toString());
+		}
+		if (DbConnectionFactory.isMySql()) {
+			query = String.format(MYSQL_UPSERT_QUERY, table,
+					StringUtil.merge(columns),
+					StringUtil.merge(values),
+					buffer.toString());
 		}
 
 		return query;