diff --git a/src/Storage/Controllers/MigrationController.cs b/src/Storage/Controllers/MigrationController.cs
index a8b27184..8ab4f826 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Controllers/MigrationController.cs
+++ b/src/Storage/Controllers/MigrationController.cs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public async Task<ActionResult<DataElement>> CreateDataElement(
 
                 (Stream theStream, dataElement.ContentType, dataElement.Filename, _) = await DataElementHelper.GetStream(Request, FormOptions.DefaultMultipartBoundaryLengthLimit);
 
-                if (Request.ContentLength > 0)
+                if (Request.ContentLength > 0 || dataElement.DataType == "binary-data")
                 {
                     (dataElement.Size, _) = await _blobRepository.WriteBlob(
                         $"{(_generalSettings.A2UseTtdAsServiceOwner ? "ttd" : instance.Org)}",