diff --git a/app/controllers/repository_rows_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repository_rows_controller.rb
index cae4b6076..ffbf4bd97 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repository_rows_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repository_rows_controller.rb
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class RepositoryRowsController < ApplicationController
       return render json: { name: @repository_row.name } if update_params['repository_row'].present?
 
       column = row_cell_update.column
-      cell = row_cell_update.cell.reload
+      cell = row_cell_update.cell&.reload || row_cell_update.cell
       data = { value_type: column.data_type, id: column.id, value: nil }
 
       return render json: data if cell.blank?