diff --git a/swmodd/files/etc/uci-defaults/03-execenv-ref b/swmodd/files/etc/uci-defaults/03-execenv-ref
index 60127903f..3cd1c6b64 100644
--- a/swmodd/files/etc/uci-defaults/03-execenv-ref
+++ b/swmodd/files/etc/uci-defaults/03-execenv-ref
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ migrate_execenv_ref() {
 		UCI_CONFIG_DIR="${lxcpath}"
 		config_load ocicontainer
 		config_foreach set_execenv_ref du_eu_assoc ${env_name}
+		uci -q -c "${lxcpath}" commit ocicontainer
 	fi
-
-	uci -q -c "${lxcpath}" commit ocicontainer
 }
 
 migrate_execenv_ref