diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index c57013f47f..b3c29a5a15 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		Categories.getMultipleCategoryFields(cids, ['parentCid'], function(err, data) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
+			} else if (!data.hasOwnProperty('parentCid')) {
+				data.parentCid = 0;
 			}
 
 			var parentCids = data.map(function(category) {