diff --git a/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_server_import/project_creator.rb b/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_server_import/project_creator.rb
index 48ca49519578103e8425553afad5c306f548c8a3..ddc678abdd8449614c0b78a2bfa764188c0ca0fd 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_server_import/project_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_server_import/project_creator.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def execute
         ::Projects::CreateService.new(
           current_user,
           name: name,
-          path: name,
+          path: repo_slug,
           description: repo.description,
           namespace_id: namespace.id,
           visibility_level: repo.visibility_level,
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_server_import/importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_server_import/importer_spec.rb
index d2abdb740f8e1358cd4a6b74eaee1731a9c76915..ab4be5a909a5d1ae2bfd5c16dbf8a28ef9687a28 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_server_import/importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/bitbucket_server_import/importer_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   let(:project) { create(:project, :repository, import_url: import_url, creator: project_creator) }
   let(:now) { Time.now.utc.change(usec: 0) }
   let(:project_key) { 'TEST' }
-  let(:repo_slug) { 'rouge' }
+  let(:repo_slug) { 'rouge-repo' }
   let(:sample) { RepoHelpers.sample_compare }
 
   subject { described_class.new(project, recover_missing_commits: true) }