diff --git a/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailViewModel.ts b/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailViewModel.ts
index 676a857fb990..d018eedb1cb2 100644
--- a/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/mail-app/mail/view/MailViewModel.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 	Mail,
 	MailBox,
 	MailFolder,
+	MailFolderTypeRef,
 	MailSetEntry,
 	MailSetEntryTypeRef,
 	MailTypeRef,
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 	debounce,
 	first,
 	groupBy,
-	isNotEmpty,
+	isEmpty,
 	lastThrow,
 	lazyMemoized,
 	mapWith,
@@ -530,30 +531,30 @@ export class MailViewModel {
 
 	private async processImportedMails(update: EntityUpdateData) {
 		const importMailState = await this.entityClient.load(ImportMailStateTypeRef, [update.instanceListId, update.instanceId])
+		const importedFolder = await this.entityClient.load(MailFolderTypeRef, importMailState.targetFolder)
 		const listModelOfImport = this.listModelForFolder(elementIdPart(importMailState.targetFolder))
 
 		let status = parseInt(importMailState.status) as ImportStatus
 		if (status === ImportStatus.Finished || status === ImportStatus.Canceled) {
 			let importedMailEntries = await this.entityClient.loadAll(ImportedMailTypeRef, importMailState.importedMails)
-			if (importedMailEntries.length === 0) return Promise.resolve()
+			if (isEmpty(importedMailEntries)) return Promise.resolve()
 
 			let mailSetEntryIds = importedMailEntries.map((importedMail) => elementIdPart(importedMail.mailSetEntry))
 			const mailSetEntryListId = listIdPart(importedMailEntries[0].mailSetEntry)
 			const importedMailSetEntries = await this.entityClient.loadMultiple(MailSetEntryTypeRef, mailSetEntryListId, mailSetEntryIds)
-			if (isNotEmpty(importedMailSetEntries)) {
-				// put mails into cache before list model will download them one by one
-				await this.preloadMails(importedMailSetEntries)
-
-				await promiseMap(importedMailSetEntries, (importedMailSetEntry) => {
-					return listModelOfImport.handleEntityUpdate({
-						instanceListId: listIdPart(importedMailSetEntry._id),
-						instanceId: elementIdPart(importedMailSetEntry._id),
-						operation: OperationType.CREATE,
-						type: MailSetEntryTypeRef.type,
-						application: MailSetEntryTypeRef.app,
-					})
+			if (isEmpty(importedMailSetEntries)) return Promise.resolve()
+
+			// put mails into cache before list model will download them one by one
+			await this.preloadMails(importedMailSetEntries)
+			await promiseMap(importedMailSetEntries, (importedMailSetEntry) => {
+				return listModelOfImport.handleEntityUpdate({
+					instanceId: elementIdPart(importedMailSetEntry._id),
+					instanceListId: importedFolder.entries,
+					operation: OperationType.CREATE,
+					type: MailSetEntryTypeRef.type,
+					application: MailSetEntryTypeRef.app,
 				})
-			}
+			})
 		}
 	}