diff --git a/nerfstudio/data/dataparsers/nerfstudio_dataparser.py b/nerfstudio/data/dataparsers/nerfstudio_dataparser.py
index b569508523..dcc4ace781 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/data/dataparsers/nerfstudio_dataparser.py
+++ b/nerfstudio/data/dataparsers/nerfstudio_dataparser.py
@@ -313,7 +313,9 @@ def _generate_dataparser_outputs(self, split="train"):
         # - applied_transform contains the transformation to saved coordinates from original data coordinates.
         applied_transform = None
         colmap_path = self.config.data / "colmap/sparse/0"
-        if "applied_transform" not in meta and colmap_path.exists():
+        if "applied_transform" in meta:
+            applied_transform = torch.tensor(meta["applied_transform"], dtype=transform_matrix.dtype)
+        elif colmap_path.exists():
             # For converting from colmap, this was the effective value of applied_transform that was being
             # used before we added the applied_transform field to the output dataformat.
             meta["applied_transform"] = [[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, -1, 0]]