diff --git a/packages/db/elastic_migrations/migrate_from_elastic.py b/packages/db/elastic_migrations/migrate_from_elastic.py
index 51461416c..e6a56df65 100755
--- a/packages/db/elastic_migrations/migrate_from_elastic.py
+++ b/packages/db/elastic_migrations/migrate_from_elastic.py
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ async def assert_data(db_conn, es_client, users, uploaded_files):
 
 def get_uuid(val):
     try:
-        uuid.UUID(val, version=4)
-        return val
+        return uuid.UUID(val, version=4)
     except ValueError:
         id = convert_string_to_uuid(val)
         return id