diff --git a/lib/api/projects.rb b/lib/api/projects.rb
index d416121a78a9366fff1f332d7c98d3ee72e8b9ab..e0c1e338290569cc0bad8aec063b8dc79454c905 100644
--- a/lib/api/projects.rb
+++ b/lib/api/projects.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module Gitlab
                                     :merge_requests_enabled,
                                     :wiki_enabled]
         @project = ::Projects::CreateContext.new(current_user, attrs).execute
-        if @project.saved?
+        if @project.persisted?
           present @project, with: Entities::Project
         else
           not_found!