diff --git a/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/DataSource.php b/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/DataSource.php
index 24baf8485d1b02625e7e46dc2bf74ebe43e30be6..bd71da375ca03c8412f449bd1dd0a3b72b78d6dd 100644
--- a/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/DataSource.php
+++ b/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/DataSource.php
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class CRM_Contact_Import_Form_DataSource extends CRM_Import_Form_DataSource {
       'onDuplicate' => CRM_Import_Parser::DUPLICATE_SKIP,
       'contactType' => CRM_Import_Parser::CONTACT_INDIVIDUAL,
       'fieldSeparator' => CRM_Core_Config::singleton()->fieldSeparator,
+      'disableUSPS' => TRUE,
     ];
 
     if ($this->get('loadedMapping')) {
diff --git a/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/Preview.php b/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/Preview.php
index f2ff07f56f24215965e8edbb15103a82e9ddd56f..28b219647772a85166ad54621b27c6dc5ccb324e 100644
--- a/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/Preview.php
+++ b/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/Preview.php
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ class CRM_Contact_Import_Form_Preview extends CRM_Import_Form_Preview {
       CRM_ACL_BAO_Cache::deleteContactCacheEntry($userID);
     }
 
-    CRM_Utils_Address_USPS::disable($this->getSubmittedValue('disableUSPS'));
     $this->runTheImport();
   }
 
diff --git a/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/Contact.php b/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/Contact.php
index 78f0aa495a62c11e616045696140aab298eaad1c..35260a50e9d3b118521f0412905ead71ff7a7e8f 100644
--- a/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/Contact.php
+++ b/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/Contact.php
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ class CRM_Contact_Import_Parser_Contact extends CRM_Import_Parser {
   public function import($values) {
     $rowNumber = (int) $values[array_key_last($values)];
 
+    // Put this here for now since we're gettting run by a job and need to
+    // reset it for each task run.
+    CRM_Utils_Address_USPS::disable($this->getSubmittedValue('disableUSPS'));
+
     $this->_unparsedStreetAddressContacts = [];
     if (!$this->getSubmittedValue('doGeocodeAddress')) {
       // CRM-5854, reset the geocode method to null to prevent geocoding
diff --git a/templates/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/DataSource.tpl b/templates/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/DataSource.tpl
index 102964316bee2b6519136797a241d976606df849..c09b930779ea0d3e3769312e50d25c21dc0edcbd 100644
--- a/templates/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/DataSource.tpl
+++ b/templates/CRM/Contact/Import/Form/DataSource.tpl
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@
       {if $form.disableUSPS}
         <tr class="crm-import-datasource-form-block-disableUSPS">
           <td class="label"></td>
-          <td>{$form.disableUSPS.html} <label for="disableUSPS">{$form.disableUSPS.label}</label></td>
+          <td>{$form.disableUSPS.html} <label for="disableUSPS">{$form.disableUSPS.label}</label><br />
+             &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="description">{ts}Uncheck at your own risk as batch processing violates USPS API TOS.{/ts}</span>
+          </td>
         </tr>
       {/if}
     </table>
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/ContactTest.php b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/ContactTest.php
index 4f30f10a37feb43c81edd2d2f89be466590d249c..01150919d32de9d3d3417a665f825c3c9abdca44 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/ContactTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/ContactTest.php
@@ -2004,6 +2004,7 @@ class CRM_Contact_Import_Parser_ContactTest extends CiviUnitTestCase {
           'contactType' => CRM_Import_Parser::CONTACT_INDIVIDUAL,
           'contactSubType' => '',
           'doGeocodeAddress' => 0,
+          'disableUSPS' => 0,
           'dataSource' => 'CRM_Import_DataSource_SQL',
           'sqlQuery' => 'SELECT first_name FROM civicrm_contact',
           'onDuplicate' => CRM_Import_Parser::DUPLICATE_SKIP,