1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/app/services/projects/transfer_service.rb b/app/services/projects/transfer_service.rb
index ed99c69be07..4a9d96d266c 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/transfer_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/transfer_service.rb
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ module Projects
         raise TransferError, s_('TransferProject|Project cannot be transferred, because tags are present in its container registry')
       end
 
-      if project.has_packages?(:npm) && !new_namespace_has_same_root?(project)
-        raise TransferError, s_("TransferProject|Root namespace can't be updated if project has NPM packages")
+      if !new_namespace_has_same_root?(project) && project.has_namespaced_npm_packages?
+        raise TransferError, s_("TransferProject|Root namespace can't be updated if the project has NPM packages scoped to the current root level namespace.")
       end
 
       proceed_to_transfer