diff --git a/administrator/components/com_menus/controllers/item.php b/administrator/components/com_menus/controllers/item.php
index cabde2f5c6ca1..aa11ccb0ced65 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_menus/controllers/item.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_menus/controllers/item.php
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ public function save($key = null, $urlVar = null)
 		$data = $model->validate($form, $data);
 
 		// Preprocess request fields to ensure that we remove not set or empty request params
-		$request = $form->getGroup('request');
+		$request = $form->getGroup('request', true);
 
 		// Check for the special 'request' entry.
 		if ($data['type'] == 'component' && !empty($request))