diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 5d5d6737dad..0ba8fca24d5 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -533,6 +533,10 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     import_type == 'gitlab_project'
   end
 
+  def gitea_import?
+    import_type == 'gitea'
+  end
+
   def check_limit
     unless creator.can_create_project? or namespace.kind == 'group'
       projects_limit = creator.projects_limit
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer.rb b/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer.rb
index c53cd1a928d..ec1318ab33c 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
         opts = {}
         # Gitea plan to be GitHub compliant
-        if project.import_type == 'gitea'
+        if project.gitea_import?
           uri = URI.parse(project.import_url)
           host = "#{uri.scheme}://#{uri.host}:#{uri.port}#{uri.path}".sub(%r{/?[\w-]+/[\w-]+\.git\z}, '')
           opts = {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
         # Gitea doesn't have a Release API yet
         # See https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/330
-        unless project.import_type == 'gitea'
+        unless project.gitea_import?
           import_releases
         end
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ module Gitlab
               merge_request = gh_pull_request.create!
 
               # Gitea doesn't return PR in the Issue API endpoint, so labels must be assigned at this stage
-              if project.import_type == 'gitea'
+              if project.gitea_import?
                 apply_labels(merge_request, raw)
               end
             rescue => e
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/github_import/milestone_formatter.rb b/lib/gitlab/github_import/milestone_formatter.rb
index fe172b854d5..dd782eff059 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/github_import/milestone_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/github_import/milestone_formatter.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def number
-        if project.import_type == 'gitea'
+        if project.gitea_import?
           raw_data.id
         else
           raw_data.number
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer_spec.rb
index 0a03b7353f6..72421832ffc 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer_spec.rb
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe Gitlab::GithubImport::Importer, lib: true do
         ]
       }
 
-      unless project.import_type == 'gitea'
+      unless project.gitea_import?
         error[:errors] << { type: :release, url: "#{api_root}/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/2", errors: "Validation failed: Description can't be blank" }
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index ed6b2c6a22b..8779b399344 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -1458,6 +1458,18 @@ describe Project, models: true do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#gitlab_project_import?' do
+    subject(:project) { build(:project, import_type: 'gitlab_project') }
+
+    it { expect(project.gitlab_project_import?).to be true }
+  end
+
+  describe '#gitea_import?' do
+    subject(:project) { build(:project, import_type: 'gitea') }
+
+    it { expect(project.gitea_import?).to be true }
+  end
+
   describe '#lfs_enabled?' do
     let(:project) { create(:project) }