diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditRecordUtils.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditRecordUtils.java
index c9540e27d5..d9246cf39d 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditRecordUtils.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditRecordUtils.java
@@ -47,10 +47,20 @@ public class AuditRecordUtils
      *            is a length of key root.
      * @return a preloaded {@link AuditRecord.Builder}
      */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static AuditRecord.Builder generateAuditRecordBuilder(Map<String, Serializable> data, int keyRootLength)
     {
         var auditRecordBuilder = AuditRecord.builder();
+
+        var rootNode = createRootNode(data, keyRootLength);
+
+        auditRecordBuilder.setAuditRecordData(rootNode);
+
+        return auditRecordBuilder;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private static HashMap<String, Serializable> createRootNode(Map<String, Serializable> data, int keyRootLength)
+    {
         var rootNode = new HashMap<String, Serializable>();
 
         data.forEach((k, v) -> {
@@ -63,14 +73,17 @@ public class AuditRecordUtils
             }
             current.put(keys[keys.length - 1], decodeValueByInstance(v));
         });
-        auditRecordBuilder.setAuditRecordData(rootNode);
-
-        return auditRecordBuilder;
+        return rootNode;
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private static Serializable decodeValueByInstance(Serializable value)
     {
-        if (value instanceof NodeRef)
+        if (value instanceof HashMap<?, ?>)
+        {
+            return createRootNode((HashMap<String, Serializable>) value, 0);
+        }
+        else if (value instanceof NodeRef)
         {
             return ((NodeRef) value).getId();
         }
diff --git a/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditRecordUtilsTest.java b/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditRecordUtilsTest.java
index a9e65dc1d0..009c544686 100644
--- a/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditRecordUtilsTest.java
+++ b/repository/src/test/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditRecordUtilsTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
 
 public class AuditRecordUtilsTest
@@ -78,4 +79,45 @@ public class AuditRecordUtilsTest
         assertEquals(testData.get("/alfresco-access/transaction/properties/to"), properties.get("to"));
 
     }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Test
+    public void testGenerateAuditRecordBuilderTestNodeRef()
+    {
+        var testData = new HashMap<String, Serializable>();
+        var expectedValue = new HashMap<String, Serializable>();
+
+        expectedValue.put("nodeRef", new NodeRef("workspace://SpacesStore/bfa612e6-1a02-46a0-a612-e61a02e6a036"));
+        expectedValue.put("objectId", "bfa612e6-1a02-46a0-a612-e61a02e6a036;1.0");
+
+        testData.put("/CMISChangeLog/CREATED/result/value", expectedValue);
+
+        var builder = AuditRecordUtils.generateAuditRecordBuilder(testData, "/CMISChangeLog/".length());
+        builder.setAuditRecordType("CMISChangeLog");
+        var auditRecord = builder.build();
+
+        assertNotNull(auditRecord);
+
+        assertEquals("CMISChangeLog", auditRecord.getAuditApplicationId());
+
+        var auditData = auditRecord.getAuditData();
+        assertEquals(1, auditData.size());
+
+        var created = (HashMap<String, ?>) auditData.get("CREATED");
+        assertNotNull(created);
+
+        assertEquals(1, created.size());
+        var result = (HashMap<String, Object>) created.get("result");
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertEquals(1, result.size());
+
+        var resultValue = (HashMap<String, Object>) result.get("value");
+        assertNotNull(resultValue);
+        assertEquals(2, resultValue.size());
+
+        var expectedNodeRef = (NodeRef) expectedValue.get("nodeRef");
+        assertEquals(expectedNodeRef.getId(), resultValue.get("nodeRef"));
+        assertEquals(expectedValue.get("objectId"), resultValue.get("objectId"));
+
+    }
 }