diff --git a/src/Model/APContact.php b/src/Model/APContact.php
index 5112f3dd6..73b6143b4 100644
--- a/src/Model/APContact.php
+++ b/src/Model/APContact.php
@@ -291,8 +291,10 @@ class APContact
 			$apcontact['baseurl'] = null;
 		}
 
-		if (!empty($apcontact['baseurl'])) {
+		if (!empty($apcontact['baseurl']) && empty($fetched_contact['gsid'])) {
 			$apcontact['gsid'] = GServer::getID($apcontact['baseurl']);
+		} elseif (!empty($fetched_contact['gsid'])) {
+			$apcontact['gsid'] = $fetched_contact['gsid'];
 		}
 
 		if ($apcontact['url'] == $apcontact['alias']) {