diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.php b/phpstan-baseline.php
index 808d1e110..2e9d4aef6 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.php
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.php
@@ -1147,12 +1147,6 @@
 	'count' => 2,
 	'path' => __DIR__ . '/src/Controller/Backend/ContentEditController.php',
 ];
-$ignoreErrors[] = [
-	'message' => '#^Cannot call method getLocale\\(\\) on Bolt\\\\Entity\\\\User\\|null\\.$#',
-	'identifier' => 'method.nonObject',
-	'count' => 1,
-	'path' => __DIR__ . '/src/Controller/Backend/ContentEditController.php',
-];
 $ignoreErrors[] = [
 	'message' => '#^Method Bolt\\\\Controller\\\\Backend\\\\ContentEditController\\:\\:getFieldToUpdate\\(\\) has parameter \\$fieldDefinition with no type specified\\.$#',
 	'identifier' => 'missingType.parameter',
diff --git a/src/Controller/Backend/ContentEditController.php b/src/Controller/Backend/ContentEditController.php
index 6129435c6..204f8927f 100644
--- a/src/Controller/Backend/ContentEditController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/Backend/ContentEditController.php
@@ -181,10 +181,9 @@ public function save(Request $request, ?Content $originalContent = null, ?Conten
         $event = new ContentEvent($content);
         $this->dispatcher->dispatch($event, ContentEvent::POST_SAVE);
 
-        $locale = $originalAuthor->getLocale();
-
         // If we're "Saving Ajaxy"
         if ($request->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
+            $locale = $originalAuthor ? $originalAuthor->getLocale() : $request->getLocale();
             $modified = sprintf(
                 '(%s: %s)',
                 $this->translator->trans('field.modifiedAt', [], null, $locale),