diff --git a/app/services/project_transfer_service.rb b/app/services/project_transfer_service.rb
index bbea6d28..2ff1aa91 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 a33639a0..6b7b75fd 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