diff --git a/Modules/DataCollection/classes/class.ilObjDataCollection.php b/Modules/DataCollection/classes/class.ilObjDataCollection.php
index 454180b23c7d..adf461760cee 100644
--- a/Modules/DataCollection/classes/class.ilObjDataCollection.php
+++ b/Modules/DataCollection/classes/class.ilObjDataCollection.php
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ protected function doCloneObject(ilObject2 $new_obj, int $a_target_id, ?int $a_c
         $new_obj->setNotification($this->getNotification());
         if (!(ilCopyWizardOptions::_getInstance($a_copy_id))->isRootNode($this->getRefId())) {
             $new_obj->setOnline($this->getOnline());
-            $new_obj->update();
         }
+        $new_obj->update();
         $new_obj->cloneStructure($this->getRefId());
     }