grouper installer gives rollback exception on mysql

com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.MySQLNonTransientConnectionException: Can't call rollback when autocommit=true
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:888)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.rollback(Connection.java:5257)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.util.GiDbUtils.rollbackQuietly(GiDbUtils.java:419)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.util.GiDbUtils.listSelect(GiDbUtils.java:403)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.util.GiDbUtils.listSelect(GiDbUtils.java:323)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.util.GiDbUtils.select(GiDbUtils.java:334)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.util.GiDbUtils.checkConnection(GiDbUtils.java:474)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.GrouperInstaller.checkDatabaseConnection(GrouperInstaller.java:7736)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.GrouperInstaller.mainInstallLogic(GrouperInstaller.java:6165)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.GrouperInstaller.access$300(GrouperInstaller.java:78)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.GrouperInstaller$GrouperInstallerMainFunction$1.logic(GrouperInstaller.java:970)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.GrouperInstaller.mainLogic(GrouperInstaller.java:1032)
at edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.GrouperInstaller.main(GrouperInstaller.java:303)
Successfully tested database connection