diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/importer_status.js b/app/assets/javascripts/importer_status.js
index 9fe00a0a4db..abc62de2279 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/importer_status.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/importer_status.js
@@ -10,24 +10,24 @@
     ImporterStatus.prototype.initStatusPage = function() {
       $('.js-add-to-import').off('click').on('click', (function(_this) {
         return function(e) {
-          var $btn, $namespace_input, $target_field, $tr, id, target_namespace;
+          var $btn, $namespace_input, $target_field, $tr, id, target_namespace, newName;
           $btn = $(e.currentTarget);
           $tr = $btn.closest('tr');
           $target_field = $tr.find('.import-target');
           $namespace_input = $target_field.find('.js-select-namespace option:selected');
           id = $tr.attr('id').replace('repo_', '');
           target_namespace = null;
-          new_name = null;
+          newName = null;
           if ($namespace_input.length > 0) {
             target_namespace = $namespace_input[0].innerHTML;
-            new_name = $target_field.find('#path').prop('value');
-            $target_field.empty().append(target_namespace + "/" + new_name);
+              newName = $target_field.find('#path').prop('value');
+            $target_field.empty().append(target_namespace + "/" + newName);
           }
           $btn.disable().addClass('is-loading');
           return $.post(_this.import_url, {
             repo_id: id,
             target_namespace: target_namespace,
-            new_name: new_name
+            new_name: newName
           }, {
             dataType: 'script'
           });
diff --git a/app/helpers/namespaces_helper.rb b/app/helpers/namespaces_helper.rb
index 4641076d22c..e0b8dc1393b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/namespaces_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/namespaces_helper.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module NamespacesHelper
-  def namespaces_options(selected = :current_user, extra_groups = [], display_path: false)
+  def namespaces_options(selected = :current_user, display_path: false, extra_group: nil)
     groups = current_user.owned_groups + current_user.masters_groups
 
-    groups += process_extra_groups(extra_groups) if extra_groups.any?
+    groups << extra_group if extra_group && !Group.exists?(name: extra_group.name)
 
     users = [current_user.namespace]
 
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ module NamespacesHelper
     grouped_options_for_select(options, selected)
   end
 
-  def process_extra_groups(extra_groups)
-    # Remove duplicate groups - we either keep the ones that exist for the user
-    # (already in groups) or ignore those that do not belong to the user.
-    duplicated_groups = extra_groups.map { |name| Namespace.where(name: name).pluck(:name) }
-    extra_groups = extra_groups - duplicated_groups.flatten
-
-    extra_groups.map { |name| Group.new(name: name) }
-  end
-
   def namespace_icon(namespace, size = 40)
     if namespace.kind_of?(Group)
       group_icon(namespace)
diff --git a/app/views/import/github/status.html.haml b/app/views/import/github/status.html.haml
index 8e552fbd005..6d7193599f4 100644
--- a/app/views/import/github/status.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/import/github/status.html.haml
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
             %fieldset.row
             .input-group
               .col-xs-11.col-sm-5.project-path
-                - if current_user.can_select_namespace? && !current_user.can_create_group?
-                  = select_tag :namespace_id, namespaces_options(params[:namespace_id] || :current_user, display_path: true), {class: 'project-path select2 js-select-namespace', tabindex: 1}
-                - elsif current_user.can_create_group?
-                  = select_tag :namespace_id, namespaces_options(params[:namespace_id] || :current_user, [repo.owner.login]), {class: 'project-path select2 js-select-namespace', tabindex: 1}
+                - if current_user.can_select_namespace?
+                  - selected = params[:namespace_id] || :current_user
+                  - opts = current_user.can_create_group? ? { extra_groups: [repo.owner.login] } : { display_path: true }
+                  = select_tag :namespace_id, namespaces_options(selected, opts), {class: 'project-path select2 js-select-namespace', tabindex: 1}
                 - else
                   = text_field_tag :path, current_user.namespace_path, class: "form-control", tabindex: 2, autofocus: true, disabled: true