diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/check_conflict_for_data_source.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/check_conflict_for_data_source.ts
index eae2220f30bb..6c68f8ef80c9 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/check_conflict_for_data_source.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/check_conflict_for_data_source.ts
@@ -53,12 +53,7 @@ export async function checkConflictsForDataSource({
     } = object;
     const { destinationId } = retryMap.get(`${type}:${id}`) || {};
 
-    if (!object.type.includes('data-source')) {
-      // check the previous data source existed or not
-      // by extract it from the id
-      // e.g. e0c9e490-bdd7-11ee-b216-d78a57002330_ff959d40-b880-11e8-a6d9-e546fe2bba5f
-      // e0c9e490-bdd7-11ee-b216-d78a57002330 is the data source id
-      // for saved object data source itself, e0c9e490-bdd7-11ee-b216-d78a57002330 return undefined
+    if (object.type !== 'data-source') {
       const parts = id.split('_'); // this is the array to host the split results of the id
       const previoudDataSourceId = parts.length > 1 ? parts[0] : undefined;
       /**
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.test.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.test.ts
index a4ca9e7a0ac1..99576f65418a 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.test.ts
@@ -389,11 +389,11 @@ describe('#importSavedObjectsFromStream', () => {
       const error1 = createError();
       const error2 = createError();
       // add some objects with data source id
-      const dsObj1 = createObject(testDataSourceId);
+      const dataSourceObj1 = createObject(testDataSourceId);
       const tmp2 = createObject(testDataSourceId);
-      const dsObj2 = { ...tmp2, destinationId: 'some-destinationId', originId: tmp.id };
-      const dsObj3 = { ...createObject(testDataSourceId), destinationId: 'another-destinationId' };
-      const createdDsObjects = [dsObj1, dsObj2, dsObj3];
+      const dataSourceObj2 = { ...tmp2, destinationId: 'some-destinationId', originId: tmp.id };
+      const dataSourceObj3 = { ...createObject(testDataSourceId), destinationId: 'another-destinationId' };
+      const createdDsObjects = [dataSourceObj1, dataSourceObj2, dataSourceObj3];
 
       // results
       const success1 = {
@@ -416,23 +416,23 @@ describe('#importSavedObjectsFromStream', () => {
       const errors = [error1, error2];
 
       const dsSuccess1 = {
-        type: dsObj1.type,
-        id: dsObj1.id,
-        meta: { title: dsObj1.attributes.title, icon: `${dsObj1.type}-icon` },
+        type: dataSourceObj1.type,
+        id: dataSourceObj1.id,
+        meta: { title: dataSourceObj1.attributes.title, icon: `${dataSourceObj1.type}-icon` },
       };
 
       const dsSuccess2 = {
-        type: dsObj2.type,
-        id: dsObj2.id,
-        meta: { title: dsObj2.attributes.title, icon: `${dsObj2.type}-icon` },
-        destinationId: dsObj2.destinationId,
+        type: dataSourceObj2.type,
+        id: dataSourceObj2.id,
+        meta: { title: dataSourceObj2.attributes.title, icon: `${dataSourceObj2.type}-icon` },
+        destinationId: dataSourceObj2.destinationId,
       };
 
       const dsSuccess3 = {
-        type: dsObj3.type,
-        id: dsObj3.id,
-        meta: { title: dsObj3.attributes.title, icon: `${dsObj3.type}-icon` },
-        destinationId: dsObj3.destinationId,
+        type: dataSourceObj3.type,
+        id: dataSourceObj3.id,
+        meta: { title: dataSourceObj3.attributes.title, icon: `${dataSourceObj3.type}-icon` },
+        destinationId: dataSourceObj3.destinationId,
       };
 
       test('with createNewCopies disabled', async () => {