diff --git a/app/services/project_transfer_service.rb b/app/services/project_transfer_service.rb
index bbea6d2854fa23cf8b7e4f0a96ef3561ac5ff8e3..2ff1aa919dfd5878b518fb30a70a6e294357d395 100644
--- a/app/services/project_transfer_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/project_transfer_service.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ProjectTransferService
 
       true
     end
-  rescue Gitlab::ProjectMover::ProjectMoveError => ex
+  rescue => ex
     raise Project::TransferError.new(ex.message)
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_namespaces.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_namespaces.rake
index a33639a001316933f3fae841b42fda80a4083a1a..6b7b75fd1b6fbc44199dad4ae30971dee89caa7a 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_namespaces.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_namespaces.rake
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       end
 
       begin
-        Gitlab::ProjectMover.new(project, '', group.path).execute
+        project.transfer(group.path)
         puts "moved to #{new_path}".green
       rescue
         puts "failed moving to #{new_path}".red