diff --git a/app/actions/document_import.rb b/app/actions/document_import.rb
index c68f6c201..6c3808ad2 100644
--- a/app/actions/document_import.rb
+++ b/app/actions/document_import.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def split
     if duplicate = document.duplicates.first
       Rails.logger.info "Duplicate found, copying pdf"
       asset_store.copy_pdf( duplicate, document, access )
-      document.update_attribute(page_count: duplicate.page_count) if build_pages
+      document.update_attributes(page_count: duplicate.page_count) if build_pages
     else
       Rails.logger.info "Building PDF"
       File.open(file, 'r') do |f|