diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange/src/rabbit_db_jms_exchange.erl b/deps/rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange/src/rabbit_db_jms_exchange.erl
index 107f5ddf13a6..999003be7285 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange/src/rabbit_db_jms_exchange.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange/src/rabbit_db_jms_exchange.erl
@@ -38,14 +38,51 @@ setup_schema() ->
        }).
 
 setup_schema_in_mnesia() ->
-    case mnesia:create_table( ?JMS_TOPIC_TABLE
-                            , [ {attributes, record_info(fields, ?JMS_TOPIC_RECORD)}
-                              , {record_name, ?JMS_TOPIC_RECORD}
-                              , {type, set} ]
-                            ) of
-        {atomic, ok} -> ok;
-        {aborted, {already_exists, ?JMS_TOPIC_TABLE}} -> ok
-    end,
+    TableName = ?JMS_TOPIC_TABLE,
+    rabbit_log:info(
+      "Creating table ~ts for JMS topic exchange",
+      [TableName]),
+    _ = try
+            rabbit_table:create(
+              TableName,
+              [{attributes, record_info(fields, ?JMS_TOPIC_RECORD)},
+               {record_name, ?JMS_TOPIC_RECORD},
+               {type, set}]),
+            %% The JMS topic exchange table must be available on all nodes.
+            %% If it existed on only one node, messages could not be published
+            %% to JMS topic exchanges and routed to topic subscribers if the node
+            %% was unavailable.
+            %% The call below makes sure this node has a copy of the table.
+            case rabbit_table:ensure_table_copy(TableName, node(), ram_copies) of
+                ok ->
+                    %% Next, we try to fix other nodes in the cluster if they are
+                    %% running a version of RabbitMQ which does not replicate the
+                    %% table. All nodes must have a replica for Mnesia operations
+                    %% to work properly. Therefore the code below is to make older
+                    %% compatible with newer nodes.
+                    Replicas = mnesia:table_info(TableName, all_nodes),
+                    Members = rabbit_nodes:list_running(),
+                    MissingOn = Members -- Replicas,
+                    lists:foreach(
+                      fun(Node) ->
+                              %% Errors from adding a replica on those older nodes
+                              %% are ignored however. They should not be fatal. The
+                              %% problem will solve by itself once all nodes are
+                              %% upgraded.
+                              _ = rpc:call(
+                                    Node,
+                                    rabbit_table, ensure_table_copy,
+                                    [TableName, Node, ram_copies])
+                      end, MissingOn),
+                    ok;
+                Error ->
+                    Error
+            end
+        catch throw:Reason  ->
+                  rabbit_log:error(
+                    "Failed to create JMS topic exchange table: ~tp",
+                    [Reason])
+        end,
     ok.
 
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