diff --git a/cla-backend-go/go.sum b/cla-backend-go/go.sum
index 9554c70c3..50f8cca2c 100644
--- a/cla-backend-go/go.sum
+++ b/cla-backend-go/go.sum
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ github.com/communitybridge/easycla v1.0.106 h1:NLYUZUZtp9DQ0dHEQkhz9h9EMzLRmuh9u
 github.com/communitybridge/easycla v1.0.107 h1:dktHAji1yJ1nMEu54z4paPWOM4Q7A9rryc0OCADfAcY=
 github.com/communitybridge/easycla v1.0.117 h1:o+rdmcNgZeMQ/N8HV/d5apNIBrkYH7eyM9UUYnEzewo=
 github.com/communitybridge/easycla v1.0.118 h1:8yrsOQ+ENUFi4RFl1krRlIxc51lzZNutidR+yy2HwW0=
+github.com/communitybridge/easycla v1.0.123 h1:Lh5i/9aajrTYItxNpVCmi9T1yyIfnQIOk0tC2Wtslvk=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.13+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
diff --git a/cla-backend-go/v2/sign/service.go b/cla-backend-go/v2/sign/service.go
index f77044e59..185730c3a 100644
--- a/cla-backend-go/v2/sign/service.go
+++ b/cla-backend-go/v2/sign/service.go
@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ func (s *service) RequestCorporateSignature(ctx context.Context, lfUsername stri
 	var claGroupID string
 	if project.Parent == "" || (project.Foundation != nil &&
 		(project.Foundation.Name == utils.TheLinuxFoundation || project.Foundation.Name == utils.LFProjectsLLC)) {
+		cgm, perr := s.projectClaGroupsRepo.GetClaGroupIDForProject(utils.StringValue(input.ProjectSfid))
+		if perr != nil {
+			log.WithFields(f).WithError(err).Warn("unable to lookup CLA Group ID for this project SFID")
+			return nil, perr
+		}
+		claGroupID = cgm.ClaGroupID
+
+	} else {
 		// this is root project
 		cgmlist, perr := s.projectClaGroupsRepo.GetProjectsIdsForFoundation(utils.StringValue(input.ProjectSfid))
 		if perr != nil {
@@ -195,13 +203,7 @@ func (s *service) RequestCorporateSignature(ctx context.Context, lfUsername stri
 			return nil, errors.New("invalid project_sfid. multiple cla-groups are associated with this project_sfid")
 		}
 		claGroupID = (claGroups.List())[0]
-	} else {
-		cgm, perr := s.projectClaGroupsRepo.GetClaGroupIDForProject(utils.StringValue(input.ProjectSfid))
-		if perr != nil {
-			log.WithFields(f).WithError(err).Warn("unable to lookup CLA Group ID for this project SFID")
-			return nil, perr
-		}
-		claGroupID = cgm.ClaGroupID
+
 	}
 
 	f["claGroupID"] = claGroupID