diff --git a/app/services/projects/import_export/relation_factory.rb b/app/services/projects/import_export/relation_factory.rb
index 4f1c753ac69a16a01a92a8d32fbf548d14b3942e..123dd43dad016855074156a27a0142021b1edcf0 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/import_export/relation_factory.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/import_export/relation_factory.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module Projects
         update_user_references(relation_hash, members_map)
         imported_object = klass.new(relation_hash)
         imported_object.importing = true if imported_object.respond_to?(:importing)
+        imported_object
       end
 
       private