diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import/placeholder_user_creator.rb b/lib/gitlab/import/placeholder_user_creator.rb
index 6ff5396eaaab12273de8d2b9ffe562c5e10810f8..ad62865fec75e2d7cc39e0fac5a2782ac6ce111d 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import/placeholder_user_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import/placeholder_user_creator.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 module Gitlab
   module Import
     class PlaceholderUserCreator
-      def initialize(import_type:, source_hostname:, source_name:, source_username:)
+      def initialize(import_type:, source_hostname:, source_name:, source_username:, organization:)
         @import_type = import_type
         @source_hostname = source_hostname
         @source_name = source_name
         @source_username = source_username
+        @organization = organization
       end
 
       def execute
@@ -18,16 +19,15 @@ def execute
           email: placeholder_email
         )
 
-        user.assign_personal_namespace(Organizations::Organization.default_organization)
-        Namespace.with_disabled_organization_validation do
-          user.save!
-        end
+        user.assign_personal_namespace(organization)
+        user.save!
+
         user
       end
 
       private
 
-      attr_reader :import_type, :source_hostname, :source_name, :source_username
+      attr_reader :import_type, :source_hostname, :source_name, :source_username, :organization
 
       def placeholder_name
         # Some APIs don't expose users' names, so set a default if it's nil
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import/source_user_mapper.rb b/lib/gitlab/import/source_user_mapper.rb
index dc23f890ce809ac6fb2849b159361a93b3d2eb52..ea39cbb6486e1958bc61402eb5ca3c692dbe2b00 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import/source_user_mapper.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import/source_user_mapper.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ def create_placeholder_user
           import_type: import_type,
           source_hostname: source_hostname,
           source_name: source_name,
-          source_username: source_username
+          source_username: source_username,
+          organization: namespace.organization
         ).execute
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/import/placeholder_user_creator_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/import/placeholder_user_creator_spec.rb
index 03d006d8d1d090b20be46a0b2a1a78e1a9f9275a..4379acb8b374ca74fd536bf7a59e103571fe32dc 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/import/placeholder_user_creator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/import/placeholder_user_creator_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 RSpec.describe Gitlab::Import::PlaceholderUserCreator, feature_category: :importers do
   describe '#execute' do
+    let_it_be(:organization) { create(:organization) }
+
     let(:import_type) { 'github' }
     let(:source_hostname) { 'github.com' }
     let(:source_name) { 'Pry Contributor' }
@@ -14,7 +16,8 @@
         import_type: import_type,
         source_hostname: source_hostname,
         source_name: source_name,
-        source_username: source_username
+        source_username: source_username,
+        organization: organization
       )
     end
 
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@
       expect(new_placeholder_user.name).to eq("Placeholder #{source_name}")
       expect(new_placeholder_user.username).to match(/^aprycontributor_placeholder_user_\d+$/)
       expect(new_placeholder_user.email).to match(/^aprycontributor_placeholder_user_\d+@#{Settings.gitlab.host}$/)
+      expect(new_placeholder_user.namespace.organization).to eq(organization)
     end
 
     context 'when there are non-unique usernames on the same import source' do
diff --git a/spec/support/helpers/disable_namespace_organization_validation.yml b/spec/support/helpers/disable_namespace_organization_validation.yml
index 3761c5aa98785d58c42766759934b17c3b48b8c4..eefcb5d833ecc8daa26ac094e0c65c813bcdd660 100644
--- a/spec/support/helpers/disable_namespace_organization_validation.yml
+++ b/spec/support/helpers/disable_namespace_organization_validation.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 - spec/controllers/registrations_controller_spec.rb
 - spec/features/admin/admin_groups_spec.rb
 - spec/features/dashboard/group_spec.rb
-- spec/features/file_uploads/group_import_spec.rb
 - spec/features/groups_spec.rb
 - spec/frontend/fixtures/groups.rb
 - spec/graphql/types/project_type_spec.rb
@@ -48,8 +47,6 @@
 - spec/lib/gitlab/auth/ldap/user_spec.rb
 - spec/lib/gitlab/auth/o_auth/user_spec.rb
 - spec/lib/gitlab/auth/saml/user_spec.rb
-- spec/lib/gitlab/import/placeholder_user_creator_spec.rb
-- spec/lib/gitlab/import/source_user_mapper_spec.rb
 - spec/models/hooks/system_hook_spec.rb
 - spec/requests/api/groups_spec.rb
 - spec/services/users/create_service_spec.rb