diff --git a/internal/source/postgres/postgres.go b/internal/source/postgres/postgres.go
index b59354c..e6d35b3 100644
--- a/internal/source/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/internal/source/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -109,7 +109,12 @@ func createTable(src *model.Source, text string, pos model.Pos) {
 		name = name[:p]
 	}
 	schema, table := splitQualified(name)
-	body, rest, ok := ddl.Body(text[strings.Index(text, w[i]):])
+	// The column list is the first parenthesis after TABLE. Searching for
+	// the name's word instead panicked when the name was glued to a paren
+	// that opens a multi-line list ("reactions(\n  userid ..."): the word
+	// splitter folds that list's whitespace, so the word is not in the text
+	// and the index is -1. Found on Mattermost's migrations.
+	body, rest, ok := ddl.Body(text[strings.Index(strings.ToUpper(text), "TABLE")+len("TABLE"):])
 	if !ok {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/internal/source/postgres/postgres_test.go b/internal/source/postgres/postgres_test.go
index caa6049..731fb7c 100644
--- a/internal/source/postgres/postgres_test.go
+++ b/internal/source/postgres/postgres_test.go
@@ -67,3 +67,19 @@ func formatSlice(s []string) string {
 	}
 	return out + "]"
 }
+
+func TestANameGluedToAMultiLineColumnListDoesNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
+	// Mattermost 000016_create_reactions.up.sql, as written.
+	src := &model.Source{}
+	text := "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS reactions(\n    userid VARCHAR(26) NOT NULL,\n    postid VARCHAR(26) NOT NULL\n);"
+	if err := Apply(src, "000016_create_reactions.up.sql", text); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	r := src.Table("public", "reactions")
+	if r == nil || len(r.Columns) != 2 || r.Columns[0].Name != "userid" || r.Columns[1].Name != "postid" {
+		t.Fatalf("public.reactions = %+v", r)
+	}
+	if r.Columns[1].Pos.Line != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("postid line = %d, want 3", r.Columns[1].Pos.Line)
+	}
+}