diff --git a/src/components/ImportOnyxState/index.native.tsx b/src/components/ImportOnyxState/index.native.tsx
index 2258da4c8f6c..d4b2dcfed446 100644
--- a/src/components/ImportOnyxState/index.native.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ImportOnyxState/index.native.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import React, {useState} from 'react';
 import ReactNativeBlobUtil from 'react-native-blob-util';
-import Onyx from 'react-native-onyx';
+import Onyx, {useOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
 import type {FileObject} from '@components/AttachmentModal';
-import {KEYS_TO_PRESERVE, setIsUsingImportedState} from '@libs/actions/App';
+import {KEYS_TO_PRESERVE, setIsUsingImportedState, setPreservedUserSession} from '@libs/actions/App';
 import {setShouldForceOffline} from '@libs/actions/Network';
 import Navigation from '@libs/Navigation/Navigation';
 import type {OnyxValues} from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
+import ONYXKEYS from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
 import ROUTES from '@src/ROUTES';
 import BaseImportOnyxState from './BaseImportOnyxState';
 import type ImportOnyxStateProps from './types';
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ function applyStateInChunks(state: OnyxValues) {
 
 export default function ImportOnyxState({setIsLoading, isLoading}: ImportOnyxStateProps) {
     const [isErrorModalVisible, setIsErrorModalVisible] = useState(false);
+    const [session] = useOnyx(ONYXKEYS.SESSION);
 
     const handleFileRead = (file: FileObject) => {
         if (!file.uri) {
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ export default function ImportOnyxState({setIsLoading, isLoading}: ImportOnyxSta
         readOnyxFile(file.uri)
             .then((fileContent: string) => {
                 const transformedState = cleanAndTransformState<OnyxValues>(fileContent);
+                const currentUserSessionCopy = {...session};
+                setPreservedUserSession(currentUserSessionCopy);
                 setShouldForceOffline(true);
                 Onyx.clear(KEYS_TO_PRESERVE).then(() => {
                     applyStateInChunks(transformedState).then(() => {