diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti1BackgroundCmd.java b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti1BackgroundCmd.java
index 5c490aceaa..c1fe0996ec 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti1BackgroundCmd.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti1BackgroundCmd.java
@@ -100,36 +100,38 @@ public class CreateRtti1BackgroundCmd extends AbstractCreateDataBackgroundCmd<Rt
 		Program program = model.getProgram();
 		TypeDescriptorModel rtti0Model = model.getRtti0Model();
 
+		if (rtti0Model == null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		monitor.checkCanceled();
+		
+		String suffix = "";
+		try {
+			suffix = " at " + getPMDAttrList(program);
+		}
+		catch (InvalidDataTypeException e) {
+			// Couldn't get pmd and attributes so leave it off and simply log the error.
+			String message =
+				"Unable to get PMD and attributes for RTTI1 at " + getDataAddress() + ".";
+			handleError(message);
+		}
 
-		if (rtti0Model != null) {
+		// Label
+		boolean shouldCreateComment = true;
+		if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
+			String rtti1Suffix = RTTI_1_NAME + suffix;
+			rtti1Suffix = SymbolUtilities.replaceInvalidChars(rtti1Suffix, true);
+			shouldCreateComment = RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, getDataAddress(), rtti0Model,
+				rtti1Suffix);
+		}
 
-			String suffix = "";
-			try {
-				suffix = " at " + getPMDAttrList(program);
-			}
-			catch (InvalidDataTypeException e) {
-				// Couldn't get pmd and attributes so leave it off and simply log the error.
-				String message =
-					"Unable to get PMD and attributes for RTTI1 at " + getDataAddress() + ".";
-				handleError(message);
-			}
-
-			// Plate Comment
+		// Plate Comment
+		if (shouldCreateComment) {
+			// comment created if a label was created, or createLabel option off
 			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(program,
-				RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER, RTTI_1_NAME,
-				suffix, getDataAddress(), applyOptions);
-
-			monitor.checkCanceled();
-
-			// Label
-			if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
-				String rtti1Suffix = RTTI_1_NAME + suffix;
-				rtti1Suffix = SymbolUtilities.replaceInvalidChars(rtti1Suffix, true);
-				RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, getDataAddress(), rtti0Model,
-					rtti1Suffix);
-			}
-
+					RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER, RTTI_1_NAME,
+					suffix, getDataAddress(), applyOptions);
 		}
 
 		return true;
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti2BackgroundCmd.java b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti2BackgroundCmd.java
index 60080ff2a7..9658fb4e6b 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti2BackgroundCmd.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti2BackgroundCmd.java
@@ -112,20 +112,27 @@ public class CreateRtti2BackgroundCmd extends AbstractCreateDataBackgroundCmd<Rt
 
 		Program program = model.getProgram();
 		TypeDescriptorModel rtti0Model = model.getRtti0Model();
-
-		monitor.checkCanceled();
-
-		// Plate Comment
-		EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(program,
-			RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER,
-			RTTI_2_NAME, null, getDataAddress(), applyOptions);
-
+		
+		if (rtti0Model == null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		
 		monitor.checkCanceled();
 
 		// Label
+		boolean shouldCreateComment = true;
 		if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
-			RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, getDataAddress(), rtti0Model, RTTI_2_NAME);
+			shouldCreateComment = RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, getDataAddress(), rtti0Model, RTTI_2_NAME);
 		}
+
+		// Plate Comment
+		if (shouldCreateComment) {
+			// comment created if a label was created, or createLabel option off
+			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(program,
+				RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER,
+				RTTI_2_NAME, null, getDataAddress(), applyOptions);
+		}
+		
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti3BackgroundCmd.java b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti3BackgroundCmd.java
index e96739305f..0836d8bb2a 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti3BackgroundCmd.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti3BackgroundCmd.java
@@ -98,23 +98,27 @@ public class CreateRtti3BackgroundCmd extends AbstractCreateDataBackgroundCmd<Rt
 		Program program = model.getProgram();
 		TypeDescriptorModel rtti0Model = model.getRtti0Model();
 
-		monitor.checkCanceled();
-
-		if (rtti0Model != null) {
-
-			// Plate Comment
-			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(program,
-				RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER,
-				RTTI_3_NAME, null, getDataAddress(), applyOptions);
-
-			monitor.checkCanceled();
-
-			// Label
-			if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
-				RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, getDataAddress(), rtti0Model, RTTI_3_NAME);
-			}
+		if (rtti0Model == null) {
+			return true;
 		}
 
+		monitor.checkCanceled();
+		
+		// Label
+		boolean shouldCreateComment = true;
+		if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
+			shouldCreateComment = RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, getDataAddress(), rtti0Model, RTTI_3_NAME);
+		}
+
+		// Plate Comment
+		if (shouldCreateComment) {
+			// comment created if a label was created, or createLabel option off
+			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(program,
+					RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER,
+					RTTI_3_NAME, null, getDataAddress(), applyOptions);
+		}
+
+
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti4BackgroundCmd.java b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti4BackgroundCmd.java
index 163ac26d5e..7b0fbfef83 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti4BackgroundCmd.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateRtti4BackgroundCmd.java
@@ -244,22 +244,25 @@ public class CreateRtti4BackgroundCmd extends AbstractCreateDataBackgroundCmd<Rt
 		Program program = model.getProgram();
 		TypeDescriptorModel rtti0Model = model.getRtti0Model();
 
+		if (rtti0Model == null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		
 		monitor.checkCanceled();
-
-		if (rtti0Model != null) {
-
-			// Plate Comment
-			// Plate Comment
-			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(program, RttiUtil.CONST_PREFIX +
-				RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER, RTTI_4_NAME,
-				null, getDataAddress(), applyOptions);
-			monitor.checkCanceled();
-
-			// Label
-			if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
-				RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, getDataAddress(), rtti0Model,
+		
+		// Label
+		boolean shouldCreateComment = true;
+		if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
+			shouldCreateComment = RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, getDataAddress(), rtti0Model,
 					RTTI_4_NAME);
-			}
+		}
+
+		// Plate Comment
+		if (shouldCreateComment) {
+			// comment created if a label was created, or createLabel option off
+			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(program, RttiUtil.CONST_PREFIX +
+					RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER, RTTI_4_NAME,
+					null, getDataAddress(), applyOptions);
 		}
 
 		return true;
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateVfTableBackgroundCmd.java b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateVfTableBackgroundCmd.java
index 742989fbe6..c02658f763 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateVfTableBackgroundCmd.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/CreateVfTableBackgroundCmd.java
@@ -169,20 +169,23 @@ public class CreateVfTableBackgroundCmd extends AbstractCreateDataBackgroundCmd<
 
 		TypeDescriptorModel rtti0Model = model.getRtti0Model();
 
-		if (rtti0Model != null) {
-
-			// Plate Comment
-			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(program, RttiUtil.CONST_PREFIX +
-				RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER,
-				VF_TABLE_LABEL, null, vfTableAddress, applyOptions);
-
-			monitor.checkCanceled();
-
-			// Label
-			if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
-				RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, vfTableAddress, rtti0Model,
+		if (rtti0Model == null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		// Label
+		boolean shouldCreateComment = true;
+		if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
+			shouldCreateComment = RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, vfTableAddress, rtti0Model,
 					VF_TABLE_LABEL);
-			}
+		}
+
+		// Plate Comment
+		if (shouldCreateComment) {
+			// comment created if a label was created, or createLabel option off
+			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(program, RttiUtil.CONST_PREFIX +
+					RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER,
+					VF_TABLE_LABEL, null, vfTableAddress, applyOptions);
 		}
 
 		// Create functions that are referred to by the vf table.
@@ -209,21 +212,26 @@ public class CreateVfTableBackgroundCmd extends AbstractCreateDataBackgroundCmd<
 
 		TypeDescriptorModel rtti0Model = model.getRtti0Model();
 
-		if (rtti0Model != null) {
+		if (rtti0Model == null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		monitor.checkCanceled();
 
-			// Plate Comment
-			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(
-				program, META_LABEL + " pointer for " +
-					RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER,
-				VF_TABLE_LABEL, null, metaAddress, applyOptions);
-
-			monitor.checkCanceled();
-
-			// Label
-			if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
-				RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, metaAddress, rtti0Model,
+		// Label
+		boolean shouldCreateComment = true;
+		if (applyOptions.shouldCreateLabel()) {
+			shouldCreateComment = RttiUtil.createSymbolFromDemangledType(program, metaAddress, rtti0Model,
 					VF_TABLE_LABEL + NAME_SEPARATOR + META_LABEL + "_ptr");
-			}
+		}
+
+		// Plate Comment
+		if (shouldCreateComment) {
+			// comment created if a label was created, or createLabel option off
+			EHDataTypeUtilities.createPlateCommentIfNeeded(
+					program, META_LABEL + " pointer for " +
+						RttiUtil.getDescriptorTypeNamespace(rtti0Model) + Namespace.DELIMITER,
+					VF_TABLE_LABEL, null, metaAddress, applyOptions);
 		}
 
 		return true;
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/RttiUtil.java b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/RttiUtil.java
index 921960802a..587772cc65 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/RttiUtil.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/MicrosoftCodeAnalyzer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/cmd/data/rtti/RttiUtil.java
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ public class RttiUtil {
 	 * @param rttiAddress Address of the RTTI datatype 
 	 * @param typeDescriptorModel the model for the type descriptor structure
 	 * @param rttiSuffix suffix name indicating which type of RTTI structure
-	 * @return the symbol or null.
+	 * @return true if a symbol was created, false otherwise
 	 */
-	static Symbol createSymbolFromDemangledType(Program program, Address rttiAddress,
+	static boolean createSymbolFromDemangledType(Program program, Address rttiAddress,
 			TypeDescriptorModel typeDescriptorModel, String rttiSuffix) {
-
+		
 		rttiSuffix = SymbolUtilities.replaceInvalidChars(rttiSuffix, true);
 
 		// Get or create the namespace for this RTTI's type descriptor.
@@ -94,25 +94,32 @@ public class RttiUtil {
 		// See if the symbol already exists for the RTTI data.
 		Symbol matchingSymbol = symbolTable.getSymbol(rttiSuffix, rttiAddress, classNamespace);
 		if (matchingSymbol != null) {
-			return matchingSymbol;
+			return false;
 		}
 		// Don't create it if a similar symbol already exists at the address of the data.
 		Symbol[] symbols = symbolTable.getSymbols(rttiAddress);
 		for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
 			String name = symbol.getName();
 			if (name.contains(rttiSuffix)) {
-				return symbol; // Similar symbol already exists.
+				return false; // Similar symbol already exists.
+			}
+			// assume any imported symbol is better than what we would put down
+			// if mangled, it will get demangled later
+			SourceType source = symbol.getSource();
+			if (source == SourceType.IMPORTED) {
+				return false;
 			}
 		}
 		try {
 			// Didn't find the symbol, so create it.
-			return symbolTable.createLabel(rttiAddress, rttiSuffix, classNamespace,
+			symbolTable.createLabel(rttiAddress, rttiSuffix, classNamespace,
 				SourceType.IMPORTED);
+			return true;
 		}
 		catch (InvalidInputException e) {
 			Msg.error(RttiUtil.class,
 				"Unable to create label for " + rttiSuffix + " at " + rttiAddress + ".", e);
-			return null;
+			return false;
 		}
 	}