diff --git a/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/migrations.go b/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/migrations.go
index a2425bf7ccb..768dfbbd23d 100644
--- a/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/migrations.go
+++ b/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/migrations.go
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ func (m Migrator) MigrateDenomMetadata(ctx sdk.Context) error {
 	m.keeper.iterateDenomTraces(ctx,
 		func(dt internaltypes.DenomTrace) (stop bool) {
 			// check if the metadata for the given denom trace does not already exist
-			denom, present := m.keeper.bankKeeper.GetDenomMetaData(ctx, dt.IBCDenom())
-			if !present {
+			denom, found := m.keeper.bankKeeper.GetDenomMetaData(ctx, dt.IBCDenom())
+			if !found {
 				m.keeper.setDenomMetadataWithDenomTrace(ctx, dt, denom)
 			}
 			return false
diff --git a/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/migrations_test.go b/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/migrations_test.go
index 8eea47d4ab0..547a2b89074 100644
--- a/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/migrations_test.go
+++ b/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/migrations_test.go
@@ -327,16 +327,11 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestMigratorMigrateMetadata() {
 				expectedMetadata = []banktypes.Metadata{
 					{
 						Description: "IBC token from transfer/channel-0/foo",
-						DenomUnits: []*banktypes.DenomUnit{
-							{
-								Denom:    "foo",
-								Exponent: 0,
-							},
-						},
-						Base:    denomTraces[0].IBCDenom(), // ibc/EB7094899ACFB7A6F2A67DB084DEE2E9A83DEFAA5DEF92D9A9814FFD9FF673FA
-						Display: "transfer/channel-0/foo",
-						Name:    "transfer/channel-0/foo IBC token",
-						Symbol:  "FOO",
+						DenomUnits:  nil,
+						Base:        denomTraces[0].IBCDenom(), // ibc/EB7094899ACFB7A6F2A67DB084DEE2E9A83DEFAA5DEF92D9A9814FFD9FF673FA
+						Display:     "transfer/channel-0/foo",
+						Name:        "transfer/channel-0/foo IBC token",
+						Symbol:      "FOO",
 					},
 				}
 			},
@@ -354,16 +349,11 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestMigratorMigrateMetadata() {
 				expectedMetadata = []banktypes.Metadata{
 					{
 						Description: "IBC token from transfer/channel-1/transfer/channel-2/ubar",
-						DenomUnits: []*banktypes.DenomUnit{
-							{
-								Denom:    "ubar",
-								Exponent: 0,
-							},
-						},
-						Base:    denomTraces[0].IBCDenom(), // ibc/8243B3EAA19BAB1DB3B0020B81C0C5A953E7B22C042CEE44E639A11A238BA57C
-						Display: "transfer/channel-1/transfer/channel-2/ubar",
-						Name:    "transfer/channel-1/transfer/channel-2/ubar IBC token",
-						Symbol:  "UBAR",
+						DenomUnits:  nil,
+						Base:        denomTraces[0].IBCDenom(), // ibc/8243B3EAA19BAB1DB3B0020B81C0C5A953E7B22C042CEE44E639A11A238BA57C
+						Display:     "transfer/channel-1/transfer/channel-2/ubar",
+						Name:        "transfer/channel-1/transfer/channel-2/ubar IBC token",
+						Symbol:      "UBAR",
 					},
 				}
 			},
@@ -385,29 +375,19 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestMigratorMigrateMetadata() {
 				expectedMetadata = []banktypes.Metadata{
 					{
 						Description: "IBC token from transfer/channel-0/foo",
-						DenomUnits: []*banktypes.DenomUnit{
-							{
-								Denom:    "foo",
-								Exponent: 0,
-							},
-						},
-						Base:    denomTraces[0].IBCDenom(), // ibc/EB7094899ACFB7A6F2A67DB084DEE2E9A83DEFAA5DEF92D9A9814FFD9FF673FA
-						Display: "transfer/channel-0/foo",
-						Name:    "transfer/channel-0/foo IBC token",
-						Symbol:  "FOO",
+						DenomUnits:  nil,
+						Base:        denomTraces[0].IBCDenom(), // ibc/EB7094899ACFB7A6F2A67DB084DEE2E9A83DEFAA5DEF92D9A9814FFD9FF673FA
+						Display:     "transfer/channel-0/foo",
+						Name:        "transfer/channel-0/foo IBC token",
+						Symbol:      "FOO",
 					},
 					{
 						Description: "IBC token from transfer/channel-0/bar",
-						DenomUnits: []*banktypes.DenomUnit{
-							{
-								Denom:    "bar",
-								Exponent: 0,
-							},
-						},
-						Base:    denomTraces[1].IBCDenom(), // ibc/E1530E21F1848B6C29C9E89256D43E294976897611A61741CACBA55BE21736F5
-						Display: "transfer/channel-0/bar",
-						Name:    "transfer/channel-0/bar IBC token",
-						Symbol:  "BAR",
+						DenomUnits:  nil,
+						Base:        denomTraces[1].IBCDenom(), // ibc/E1530E21F1848B6C29C9E89256D43E294976897611A61741CACBA55BE21736F5
+						Display:     "transfer/channel-0/bar",
+						Name:        "transfer/channel-0/bar IBC token",
+						Symbol:      "BAR",
 					},
 				}
 			},
@@ -429,29 +409,19 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestMigratorMigrateMetadata() {
 				expectedMetadata = []banktypes.Metadata{
 					{
 						Description: "IBC token from transfer/channel-0/foo",
-						DenomUnits: []*banktypes.DenomUnit{
-							{
-								Denom:    "foo",
-								Exponent: 0,
-							},
-						},
-						Base:    denomTraces[0].IBCDenom(), // ibc/EB7094899ACFB7A6F2A67DB084DEE2E9A83DEFAA5DEF92D9A9814FFD9FF673FA
-						Display: "transfer/channel-0/foo",
-						Name:    "transfer/channel-0/foo IBC token",
-						Symbol:  "FOO",
+						DenomUnits:  nil,
+						Base:        denomTraces[0].IBCDenom(), // ibc/EB7094899ACFB7A6F2A67DB084DEE2E9A83DEFAA5DEF92D9A9814FFD9FF673FA
+						Display:     "transfer/channel-0/foo",
+						Name:        "transfer/channel-0/foo IBC token",
+						Symbol:      "FOO",
 					},
 					{
 						Description: "IBC token from transfer/channel-0/bar",
-						DenomUnits: []*banktypes.DenomUnit{
-							{
-								Denom:    "bar",
-								Exponent: 0,
-							},
-						},
-						Base:    denomTraces[1].IBCDenom(), // ibc/E1530E21F1848B6C29C9E89256D43E294976897611A61741CACBA55BE21736F5
-						Display: "transfer/channel-0/bar",
-						Name:    "transfer/channel-0/bar IBC token",
-						Symbol:  "BAR",
+						DenomUnits:  nil,
+						Base:        denomTraces[1].IBCDenom(), // ibc/E1530E21F1848B6C29C9E89256D43E294976897611A61741CACBA55BE21736F5
+						Display:     "transfer/channel-0/bar",
+						Name:        "transfer/channel-0/bar IBC token",
+						Symbol:      "BAR",
 					},
 				}