diff --git a/mysql/provider.go b/mysql/provider.go
index 159ccbef..7950dcf8 100644
--- a/mysql/provider.go
+++ b/mysql/provider.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ const (
 	cleartextPasswords = "cleartext"
 	nativePasswords    = "native"
 	unknownVarErrCode  = 1193
+
+	mySQLErrorNoSuchGrant = 1133
 )
 
 type MySQLConfiguration struct {
diff --git a/mysql/resource_grant.go b/mysql/resource_grant.go
index bd998f0e..9c2e1c72 100644
--- a/mysql/resource_grant.go
+++ b/mysql/resource_grant.go
@@ -536,6 +536,11 @@ func showUserGrants(db *sql.DB, user string) ([]*MySQLGrant, error) {
 	sql := fmt.Sprintf("SHOW GRANTS FOR %s", user)
 	rows, err := db.Query(sql)
 
+	if driverErr, ok := err.(*mysql.MySQLError); ok {
+		if driverErr.Number == mySQLErrorNoSuchGrant {
+			return []*MySQLGrant{}, nil
+		}
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}