diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-metadata-consumer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/metadata/ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-metadata-consumer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/metadata/ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer.java
index 5d9af2893..6cecc467e 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-metadata-consumer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/metadata/ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-metadata-consumer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/metadata/ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer.java
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ public class ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer
             {
                 versionMetadata = repositoryStorage.readProjectVersionMetadata( repoId, artifact.getNamespace(),
                                                                                 artifact.getProject(), projectVersion );
+                createVersionMetadata = true;
             }
             catch ( RepositoryStorageMetadataNotFoundException e )
             {