diff --git a/cmd/atlas/internal/migrate/migrate.go b/cmd/atlas/internal/migrate/migrate.go
index 4f864fb8a47..b4567104ce5 100644
--- a/cmd/atlas/internal/migrate/migrate.go
+++ b/cmd/atlas/internal/migrate/migrate.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"ariga.io/atlas/cmd/atlas/internal/migrate/ent"
 	"ariga.io/atlas/cmd/atlas/internal/migrate/ent/revision"
 	"ariga.io/atlas/sql/migrate"
+	"ariga.io/atlas/sql/mysql"
 	"ariga.io/atlas/sql/schema"
 	"ariga.io/atlas/sql/sqlclient"
 	"ariga.io/atlas/sql/sqltool"
@@ -50,6 +51,14 @@ type (
 	Option func(*EntRevisions) error
 )
 
+// Dialect returns the "ent dialect" of the Ent client.
+func (r *EntRevisions) Dialect() string {
+	if r.ac.Name == mysql.DriverMaria {
+		return mysql.DriverName // Ent does not support "mariadb" as dialect.
+	}
+	return r.ac.Name
+}
+
 // RevisionsForClient creates a new RevisionReadWriter for the given sqlclient.Client.
 func RevisionsForClient(ctx context.Context, ac *sqlclient.Client, schema string) (RevisionReadWriter, error) {
 	// If the driver supports the RevisionReadWriter interface, use it.
@@ -77,9 +86,9 @@ func NewEntRevisions(ctx context.Context, ac *sqlclient.Client, opts ...Option)
 		}
 	}
 	// Create the connection with the underlying migrate.Driver to have it inside a possible transaction.
-	entopts := []ent.Option{ent.Driver(sql.NewDriver(r.ac.Name, sql.Conn{ExecQuerier: r.ac.Driver}))}
+	entopts := []ent.Option{ent.Driver(sql.NewDriver(r.Dialect(), sql.Conn{ExecQuerier: r.ac.Driver}))}
 	// SQLite does not support multiple schema, therefore schema-config is only needed for other dialects.
-	if r.ac.Name != dialect.SQLite {
+	if r.Dialect() != dialect.SQLite {
 		// Make sure the schema to store the revisions table in does exist.
 		_, err := r.ac.InspectSchema(ctx, r.schema, &schema.InspectOptions{Mode: schema.InspectSchemas})
 		if err != nil && !schema.IsNotExistError(err) {
@@ -189,17 +198,17 @@ func (r *EntRevisions) DeleteRevision(ctx context.Context, v string) error {
 // execution in a transaction and assumes the underlying connection is of type *sql.DB, which is not true for actually
 // reading and writing revisions.
 func (r *EntRevisions) Migrate(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
-	c := ent.NewClient(ent.Driver(sql.OpenDB(r.ac.Name, r.ac.DB)))
+	c := ent.NewClient(ent.Driver(sql.OpenDB(r.Dialect(), r.ac.DB)))
 	// Ensure the ent client is bound to the requested revision schema. Open a new connection, if not.
-	if r.ac.Name != dialect.SQLite && r.ac.URL.Schema != r.schema {
+	if r.Dialect() != dialect.SQLite && r.ac.URL.Schema != r.schema {
 		sc, err := sqlclient.OpenURL(ctx, r.ac.URL.URL, sqlclient.OpenSchema(r.schema))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		defer sc.Close()
-		c = ent.NewClient(ent.Driver(sql.OpenDB(sc.Name, sc.DB)))
+		c = ent.NewClient(ent.Driver(sql.OpenDB(r.Dialect(), sc.DB)))
 	}
-	if r.ac.Name == dialect.SQLite {
+	if r.Dialect() == dialect.SQLite {
 		var on sql.NullBool
 		if err := r.ac.DB.QueryRowContext(ctx, "PRAGMA foreign_keys").Scan(&on); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/sql/mysql/driver.go b/sql/mysql/driver.go
index 428ea91dddc..d9e89167631 100644
--- a/sql/mysql/driver.go
+++ b/sql/mysql/driver.go
@@ -49,21 +49,24 @@ var _ interface {
 	schema.TypeParseFormatter
 } = (*Driver)(nil)
 
-// DriverName holds the name used for registration.
-const DriverName = "mysql"
+// DriverName and DriverMaria holds the names used for registration.
+const (
+	DriverName  = "mysql"
+	DriverMaria = "mariadb"
+)
 
 func init() {
 	sqlclient.Register(
 		DriverName,
-		sqlclient.OpenerFunc(opener),
+		opener(DriverName),
 		sqlclient.RegisterDriverOpener(Open),
 		sqlclient.RegisterCodec(codec, codec),
 		sqlclient.RegisterFlavours("mysql+unix"),
 		sqlclient.RegisterURLParser(parser{}),
 	)
 	sqlclient.Register(
-		"mariadb",
-		sqlclient.OpenerFunc(opener),
+		DriverMaria,
+		opener(DriverMaria),
 		sqlclient.RegisterDriverOpener(Open),
 		sqlclient.RegisterCodec(mariaCodec, mariaCodec),
 		sqlclient.RegisterFlavours("mariadb+unix", "maria", "maria+unix"),
@@ -97,26 +100,29 @@ func Open(db schema.ExecQuerier) (migrate.Driver, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func opener(_ context.Context, u *url.URL) (*sqlclient.Client, error) {
-	ur := parser{}.ParseURL(u)
-	db, err := sql.Open(DriverName, ur.DSN)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	drv, err := Open(db)
-	if err != nil {
-		if cerr := db.Close(); cerr != nil {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", err, cerr)
+// opener for the given driver name.
+func opener(name string) sqlclient.OpenerFunc {
+	return func(_ context.Context, u *url.URL) (*sqlclient.Client, error) {
+		ur := parser{}.ParseURL(u)
+		db, err := sql.Open(DriverName, ur.DSN)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
-		return nil, err
+		drv, err := Open(db)
+		if err != nil {
+			if cerr := db.Close(); cerr != nil {
+				err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", err, cerr)
+			}
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		drv.(*Driver).schema = ur.Schema
+		return &sqlclient.Client{
+			Name:   name,
+			DB:     db,
+			URL:    ur,
+			Driver: drv,
+		}, nil
 	}
-	drv.(*Driver).schema = ur.Schema
-	return &sqlclient.Client{
-		Name:   DriverName,
-		DB:     db,
-		URL:    ur,
-		Driver: drv,
-	}, nil
 }
 
 // NormalizeRealm returns the normal representation of the given database.