diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-select.component.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-select.component.ts
index 5190f486ad..4874c6c186 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-select.component.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/entity/entity-select.component.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export class EntitySelectComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, OnInit, Afte
       };
     } else {
       this.modelValue = {
-        entityType: value?.entityType ? value.entityType : this.defaultEntityType,
+        entityType: this.defaultEntityType,
         id: null
       };
     }