diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Console/Migrations/MigrateCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Console/Migrations/MigrateCommand.php
index 2b07dc94a540..2db166a88937 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Console/Migrations/MigrateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Console/Migrations/MigrateCommand.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\SQLiteDatabaseDoesNotExistException;
 use Illuminate\Database\SqlServerConnection;
 use PDOException;
+use RuntimeException;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
 use Throwable;
 
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@ protected function repositoryExists()
      *
      * @param  string  $path
      * @return bool
+     *
+     * @throws \RuntimeException
      */
     protected function createMissingSqliteDatabase($path)
     {
@@ -201,7 +204,9 @@ protected function createMissingSqliteDatabase($path)
         $this->components->warn('The SQLite database configured for this application does not exist: '.$path);
 
         if (! confirm('Would you like to create it?', default: true)) {
-            return false;
+            $this->components->info('Operation cancelled. No database was created.');
+
+            throw new RuntimeException('Database was not created. Aborting migration.');
         }
 
         return touch($path);
@@ -211,6 +216,8 @@ protected function createMissingSqliteDatabase($path)
      * Create a missing MySQL database.
      *
      * @return bool
+     *
+     * @throws \RuntimeException
      */
     protected function createMissingMysqlDatabase($connection)
     {
@@ -226,7 +233,9 @@ protected function createMissingMysqlDatabase($connection)
             $this->components->warn("The database '{$connection->getDatabaseName()}' does not exist on the '{$connection->getName()}' connection.");
 
             if (! confirm('Would you like to create it?', default: true)) {
-                return false;
+                $this->components->info('Operation cancelled. No database was created.');
+
+                throw new RuntimeException('Database was not created. Aborting migration.');
             }
         }