diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/validators/HsDomainSetupHostingAssetValidator.java b/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/validators/HsDomainSetupHostingAssetValidator.java
index 40530ad1..20fcbf69 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/validators/HsDomainSetupHostingAssetValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/validators/HsDomainSetupHostingAssetValidator.java
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ class HsDomainSetupHostingAssetValidator extends HostingAssetEntityValidator {
 
     @Override
     public List<String> validateEntity(final HsHostingAsset assetEntity) {
-        final var violations = // new ArrayList<String>();
-            super.validateEntity(assetEntity);
-        if (!violations.isEmpty()) {
+        final var violations = super.validateEntity(assetEntity);
+        if (!violations.isEmpty() || assetEntity.isLoaded()) {
+            // it makes no sense to do DNS-based validation
+            //  if the entity is already persisted or
+            //  if the identifier (domain name) or structure is already invalid
             return violations;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/migration/ImportHostingAssets.java b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/migration/ImportHostingAssets.java
index 2f34ecee..d3ed3407 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/migration/ImportHostingAssets.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/migration/ImportHostingAssets.java
@@ -1450,6 +1450,7 @@ public class ImportHostingAssets extends BaseOfficeDataImport {
                                     // nothing here
                             ))
                             .build();
+                    domainSetupAsset.markAsLoaded(); // to skip setup verification
                     domainSetupsByName.put(domain_name, domainSetupAsset);
                     domainSetupAssets.put(domain_id, domainSetupAsset);
                     domainSetupAsset.setSubHostingAssets(new ArrayList<>());