diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 690ae2090db69c55e4223d1664b1bfbafbcb4544..c9cd4a0d54cbeca002277f7912ac73b41a6d484e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -253,14 +253,6 @@ module ProjectsHelper
     filename_path(project, :version)
   end
 
-  def hidden_pass_url(original_url)
-    result = URI(original_url)
-    result.password = '*****' unless result.password.nil?
-    result
-  rescue
-    original_url
-  end
-
   def project_wiki_path_with_version(proj, page, version, is_newest)
     url_params = is_newest ? {} : { version_id: version }
     namespace_project_wiki_path(proj.namespace, proj, page, url_params)
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index c2ff103759aed020bee2c07b7a141652b29761ca..70a648e68a3dd718a3cca803a713724f5bed6ee9 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -348,6 +348,14 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     import_status == 'finished'
   end
 
+  def safe_import_url
+    result = URI.parse(self.import_url)
+    result.password = '*****' unless result.password.nil?
+    result.to_s
+  rescue
+    original_url
+  end
+
   def check_limit
     unless creator.can_create_project? or namespace.kind == 'group'
       errors[:limit_reached] << ("Your project limit is #{creator.projects_limit} projects! Please contact your administrator to increase it")
diff --git a/app/views/projects/imports/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/imports/show.html.haml
index 06886d215a3c432a764d872819f08d9cc22d08e5..c0d1ce0d120a6887bc11a652bd082e69d062e784 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/imports/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/imports/show.html.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       - else
         Import in progress.
     - unless @project.forked?
-      %p.monospace git clone --bare #{hidden_pass_url(@project.import_url)}
+      %p.monospace git clone --bare #{@project.safe_import_url}
     %p Please wait while we import the repository for you. Refresh at will.
     :javascript
       new ProjectImport();