1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/project/CreateProject.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/project/CreateProject.java
index 56203702c3..b92fba8fe4 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/project/CreateProject.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/project/CreateProject.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class CreateProject
     }
 
     CreateProjectArgs args = new CreateProjectArgs();
-    args.setProjectName(ProjectUtil.stripGitSuffix(name));
+    args.setProjectName(ProjectUtil.sanitizeProjectName(name));
 
     String parentName =
         MoreObjects.firstNonNull(Strings.emptyToNull(input.parent), allProjects.get());