diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/imports/ImportGenericServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/imports/ImportGenericServiceBean.java
index b5554816c0a..9b60993b365 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/imports/ImportGenericServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/imports/ImportGenericServiceBean.java
@@ -411,16 +411,17 @@ private String reassignIdentifierAsGlobalId(String identifierString, DatasetDTO
             if (identifierString.startsWith(GlobalId.HDL_RESOLVER_URL)) {
                 logger.fine("Processing Handle identifier formatted as a resolver URL: "+identifierString);
                 protocol = GlobalId.HDL_PROTOCOL;
-                index1 = GlobalId.HDL_RESOLVER_URL.length() - 1; 
+                index1 = GlobalId.HDL_RESOLVER_URL.length() - 1;
+                index2 = identifierString.indexOf("/", index1 + 1);
             } else if (identifierString.startsWith(GlobalId.DOI_RESOLVER_URL)) {
                 logger.fine("Processing DOI identifier formatted as a resolver URL: "+identifierString);
                 protocol = GlobalId.DOI_PROTOCOL;
                 index1 = GlobalId.DOI_RESOLVER_URL.length() - 1; 
+                index2 = identifierString.indexOf("/", index1 + 1);
             } else {
                 logger.warning("HTTP Url in supplied as the identifier is neither a Handle nor DOI resolver: "+identifierString);
                 return null;
             }
-            // index2 was already found as the index of '/' - so it's still good. 
         } else {
             logger.warning("Unknown identifier format: "+identifierString);
             return null;