diff --git a/application/Espo/Services/Record.php b/application/Espo/Services/Record.php
index a87680996f..b600c2a3c7 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Services/Record.php
+++ b/application/Espo/Services/Record.php
@@ -1254,8 +1254,12 @@ class Record extends \Espo\Core\Services\Base
         return false;
     }
 
-    public function checkEntityForDuplicate(Entity $entity, $data)
+    public function checkEntityForDuplicate(Entity $entity, $data = null)
     {
+        if (!$data) {
+            $data = (object) [];
+        }
+
         $where = $this->getDuplicateWhereClause($entity, $data);
 
         if ($where) {