diff --git a/frappe/core/page/data_import_tool/importer.py b/frappe/core/page/data_import_tool/importer.py
index 8947d29032..765c4f0869 100644
--- a/frappe/core/page/data_import_tool/importer.py
+++ b/frappe/core/page/data_import_tool/importer.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ from frappe.utils.dateutils import parse_date
 from frappe.utils import cint, cstr, flt
 from  frappe.core.page.data_import_tool.data_import_tool import get_data_keys
 
-@frappe.async.handler
+# @frappe.async.handler
+@frappe.whitelist()
 def upload(rows = None, submit_after_import=None, ignore_encoding_errors=False, overwrite=None,
 	ignore_links=False, pre_process=None):
 	"""upload data"""