diff --git a/app/controllers/import/gitlab_controller.rb b/app/controllers/import/gitlab_controller.rb
index 74f992b4699..e979dad4b11 100644
--- a/app/controllers/import/gitlab_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/import/gitlab_controller.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Import::GitlabController < Import::BaseController
     @already_added_projects = current_user.created_projects.where(import_type: "gitlab")
     already_added_projects_names = @already_added_projects.pluck(:import_source)
 
-    @repos.to_a.reject!{ |repo| already_added_projects_names.include? repo["path_with_namespace"] }
+    @repos = @repos.to_a.reject{ |repo| already_added_projects_names.include? repo["path_with_namespace"] }
   end
 
   def jobs
diff --git a/app/controllers/import/gitorious_controller.rb b/app/controllers/import/gitorious_controller.rb
index 627b4a171b8..6067a87ee04 100644
--- a/app/controllers/import/gitorious_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/import/gitorious_controller.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Import::GitoriousController < Import::BaseController
     @already_added_projects = current_user.created_projects.where(import_type: "gitorious")
     already_added_projects_names = @already_added_projects.pluck(:import_source)
 
-    @repos.to_a.reject! { |repo| already_added_projects_names.include? repo.full_name }
+    @repos.reject! { |repo| already_added_projects_names.include? repo.full_name }
   end
 
   def jobs