diff --git a/backend/src-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/cyclonedx/CycloneDxBOMImporter.java b/backend/src-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/cyclonedx/CycloneDxBOMImporter.java
index b633ba2843..92d7ffcee4 100644
--- a/backend/src-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/cyclonedx/CycloneDxBOMImporter.java
+++ b/backend/src-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/cyclonedx/CycloneDxBOMImporter.java
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ private Map<String, String> importAllComponentsAsPackages(Map<String, List<org.c
 
                 if (CommonUtils.isNotNullEmptyOrWhitespace(compAddSummary.getId())) {
                     comp.setId(compAddSummary.getId());
+                    String existingCompName = getComponetNameById(comp.getId(), user);
+                    comp.setName(existingCompName);
                 } else {
                     // in case of more than 1 duplicate found, then continue and show error message in UI.
                     log.warn("found multiple components: " + comp.getName());
@@ -964,4 +966,9 @@ private Package createPackage(org.cyclonedx.model.Component componentFromBom, Re
         }
         return pckg;
     }
+
+    public String getComponetNameById(String id, User user) throws SW360Exception {
+        Component comp = componentDatabaseHandler.getComponent(id, user);
+        return comp.getName();
+    }
 }