diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for persistent-mysql
 
+## 2.10.3.1
+* Fix foreign key migrations [#1167] https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/pull/1167
+  * Fix a bug where a foreign key of a field to its table was ignored.
+
 ## 2.10.3
 
 * Compatibility with latest persistent
diff --git a/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs b/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs
--- a/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs
+++ b/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
                     let refTarget =
                           addReference allDefs refConstraintName refTblName cname (crFieldCascade cRef)
 
-                    guard $ refTblName /= name && cname /= fieldDB (entityId val)
+                    guard $ cname /= fieldDB (entityId val)
                     return $ AlterColumn name (refTblName, refTarget)
 
             let foreignsAlt =
diff --git a/persistent-mysql.cabal b/persistent-mysql.cabal
--- a/persistent-mysql.cabal
+++ b/persistent-mysql.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            persistent-mysql
-version:         2.10.3
+version:         2.10.3.1
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Felipe Lessa <felipe.lessa@gmail.com>, Michael Snoyman