diff --git a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
index 501e58c1407255087976bb335d676ef8af737fef..a77652480b2d41d6b938b7fa63363ce88696a6ec 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module Projects
 
     def execute
       forked_from_project_id = params.delete(:forked_from_project_id)
+      import_data = params.delete(:import_data)
 
       @project = Project.new(params)
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ module Projects
       end
 
       Project.transaction do
+        @project.create_or_update_import_data(data: import_data[:data], credentials: import_data[:credentials]) if import_data
         @project.save
 
         if @project.persisted? && !@project.import?
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_import/project_creator.rb b/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_import/project_creator.rb
index 941f818b8478f6f76d2ef422a51304b3178b6273..b90ef0b0fba3e942bfbdeaf3951284d7676d509c 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_import/project_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_import/project_creator.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def execute
-        project = ::Projects::CreateService.new(
+        ::Projects::CreateService.new(
           current_user,
           name: repo["name"],
           path: repo["slug"],
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@ module Gitlab
           import_type: "bitbucket",
           import_source: "#{repo["owner"]}/#{repo["slug"]}",
           import_url: "ssh://git@bitbucket.org/#{repo["owner"]}/#{repo["slug"]}.git",
+          import_data: { credentials: { bb_session: session_data } }
         ).execute
-
-        project.create_or_update_import_data(credentials: { bb_session: session_data })
-
-        project
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/fogbugz_import/project_creator.rb b/lib/gitlab/fogbugz_import/project_creator.rb
index 3840765db878139a444bf2786a03fc49b8e86817..1918d5b208d0363c8c96ad1ed2dea97bfd46e241 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/fogbugz_import/project_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/fogbugz_import/project_creator.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def execute
-        project = ::Projects::CreateService.new(
+        ::Projects::CreateService.new(
           current_user,
           name: repo.safe_name,
           path: repo.path,
@@ -21,12 +21,9 @@ module Gitlab
           visibility_level: Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::INTERNAL,
           import_type: 'fogbugz',
           import_source: repo.name,
-          import_url: Project::UNKNOWN_IMPORT_URL
+          import_url: Project::UNKNOWN_IMPORT_URL,
+          import_data: { data: { 'repo' => repo.raw_data, 'user_map' => user_map }, credentials: { fb_session: fb_session } }
         ).execute
-
-        project.create_or_update_import_data(data: { 'repo' => repo.raw_data, 'user_map' => user_map }, credentials: { fb_session: fb_session })
-
-        project
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/google_code_import/project_creator.rb b/lib/gitlab/google_code_import/project_creator.rb
index 0abb7a64c17e39d34ed0ddb820a717740d69b324..326cfcaa8af64c49cfcc398a4def2a64d37de662 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/google_code_import/project_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/google_code_import/project_creator.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def execute
-        project = ::Projects::CreateService.new(
+        ::Projects::CreateService.new(
           current_user,
           name: repo.name,
           path: repo.name,
@@ -21,12 +21,9 @@ module Gitlab
           visibility_level: Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PUBLIC,
           import_type: "google_code",
           import_source: repo.name,
-          import_url: repo.import_url
+          import_url: repo.import_url,
+          import_data: { data: { 'repo' => repo.raw_data, 'user_map' => user_map } }
         ).execute
-
-        project.create_or_update_import_data(data: { 'repo' => repo.raw_data, 'user_map' => user_map })
-
-        project
       end
     end
   end