diff --git a/.changelog/14492.txt b/.changelog/14492.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3117baf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/14492.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+cli: Fixed a bug where plans for periodic jobs would return exit code 1 when the job was already register
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/command/job_plan.go b/command/job_plan.go
index 76a224ecc..7f71295cc 100644
--- a/command/job_plan.go
+++ b/command/job_plan.go
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ type namespaceIdPair struct {
 // * 0: No allocations created or destroyed.
 // * 1: Allocations created or destroyed.
 func getExitCode(resp *api.JobPlanResponse) int {
+	if resp.Diff.Type == "None" {
+		return 0
+	}
+
 	// Check for changes
 	for _, d := range resp.Annotations.DesiredTGUpdates {
 		if d.Stop+d.Place+d.Migrate+d.DestructiveUpdate+d.Canary > 0 {