diff --git a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
index 71533da31b1..b32bbd56529 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ module Projects
       forked_from_project_id = params.delete(:forked_from_project_id)
       import_data = params.delete(:import_data)
       @skip_wiki = params.delete(:skip_wiki)
+      @skip_import = params.delete(:skip_import)
 
       @project = Project.new(params)
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ module Projects
       after_create_actions if @project.persisted?
 
       if @project.errors.empty?
-        @project.import_schedule if @project.import?
+        @project.import_schedule if @project.import? && !@skip_import
       else
         fail(error: @project.errors.full_messages.join(', '))
       end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/bare_repository_import/importer.rb b/lib/gitlab/bare_repository_import/importer.rb
index 298409d8b5a..b0b349088d9 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/bare_repository_import/importer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/bare_repository_import/importer.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ module Gitlab
                                               name: project_name,
                                               path: project_name,
                                               skip_disk_validation: true,
+                                              skip_wiki: bare_repo.wiki_exists?,
+                                              skip_import: true,
                                               import_type: 'gitlab_project',
                                               namespace_id: group&.id).execute
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/bare_repository_import/importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/bare_repository_import/importer_spec.rb
index 8a83e446935..920819cf382 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/bare_repository_import/importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/bare_repository_import/importer_spec.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ describe Gitlab::BareRepositoryImport::Importer, repository: true do
         expect(Project.find_by_full_path(project_path)).not_to be_nil
       end
 
+      it 'does not schedule an import' do
+        expect_any_instance_of(Project).not_to receive(:import_schedule)
+
+        importer.create_project_if_needed
+      end
+
       it 'creates the Git repo in disk' do
         FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(base_dir, "#{project_path}.git"))
 
@@ -161,6 +167,8 @@ describe Gitlab::BareRepositoryImport::Importer, repository: true do
       FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(base_dir, "#{project_path}.git"))
       FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(base_dir, "#{project_path}.wiki.git"))
 
+      expect(Projects::CreateService).to receive(:new).with(admin, hash_including(skip_import: true)).and_call_original
+
       importer.create_project_if_needed
 
       project = Project.find_by_full_path(project_path)