diff --git a/controllers/admin/AdminImportController.php b/controllers/admin/AdminImportController.php
index 5f38d1836..58fa8f527 100644
--- a/controllers/admin/AdminImportController.php
+++ b/controllers/admin/AdminImportController.php
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ class AdminImportControllerCore extends AdminController
 			}
 			elseif (isset($category->parent) && is_string($category->parent))
 			{
-				$category_parent = Category::searchByName($default_language_id, $category->parent);
+				$category_parent = Category::searchByName($default_language_id, $category->parent, true);
 				if ($category_parent['id_category'])
 				{
 					$category->id_parent = (int)$category_parent['id_category'];