diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/sqlsequencereset.py b/django/core/management/commands/sqlsequencereset.py
index 729267bb73..690ea902a4 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/sqlsequencereset.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/sqlsequencereset.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.management.base import AppCommand
-from django.core.management.sql import check_for_migrations
 from django.db import connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ class Command(AppCommand):
         if app_config.models_module is None:
             return
         connection = connections[options.get('database')]
-        check_for_migrations(app_config, connection)
         models = app_config.get_models(include_auto_created=True)
         statements = connection.ops.sequence_reset_sql(self.style, models)
         return '\n'.join(statements)
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.2.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.2.txt
index 309aa736ad..7cd366d128 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.2.txt
@@ -167,3 +167,6 @@ Bugfixes
   instead of ``DeleteModel`` and ``CreateModel`` operations when changing
   ``Meta.managed``. This prevents data loss when changing ``managed`` from
   ``False`` to ``True`` and vice versa (:ticket:`24037`).
+
+* Enabled the ``sqlsequencereset`` command on apps with migrations
+  (:ticket:`24054`).