diff --git a/submissions/models/recommendation.py b/submissions/models/recommendation.py
index a1de1abfccf22aece6c9828001b7271c098dea5c..638ecd669ada1bf69d98140af838e83f91cbc6d6 100644
--- a/submissions/models/recommendation.py
+++ b/submissions/models/recommendation.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 
 from ..behaviors import SubmissionRelatedObjectMixin
 from ..constants import (
+    STATUS_EIC_ASSIGNED,
     EIC_REC_CHOICES, EIC_REC_STATUSES, DECISION_FIXED, DEPRECATED,
     VOTING_IN_PREP, ALT_REC_CHOICES)
 from ..managers import EICRecommendationQuerySet