diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-audit-context.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-audit-context.xml
index ac1382d699..47d9cae1dc 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-audit-context.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-audit-context.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
       <property name="nodeService" ref="nodeService" />
       <property name="filePlanService" ref="filePlanService" />
       <property name="filePlanRoleService" ref="filePlanRoleService" />
+      <property name="dictionaryService" ref="DictionaryService" />
    </bean>
 
    <bean id="org_alfresco_module_rm_namePathExtractor" class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.audit.extractor.NamePathDataExtractor">
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/audit/extractor/AuthenticatedUserRolesDataExtractor.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/audit/extractor/AuthenticatedUserRolesDataExtractor.java
index fcbe2deeac..86c624737a 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/audit/extractor/AuthenticatedUserRolesDataExtractor.java
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/audit/extractor/AuthenticatedUserRolesDataExtractor.java
@@ -31,19 +31,21 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
 import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.fileplan.FilePlanService;
 import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.model.RecordsManagementModel;
 import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.role.FilePlanRoleService;
 import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.role.Role;
 import org.alfresco.repo.audit.extractor.AbstractDataExtractor;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.DictionaryService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeService;
 
 /**
  * An extractor that uses a node context to determine the currently-authenticated
  * user's RM roles.  This is not a data generator because it can only function in
- * the context of a give node.
+ * the context of a given node.
  *
  * @author Derek Hulley
  * @since 3.2
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ public final class AuthenticatedUserRolesDataExtractor extends AbstractDataExtra
     private NodeService nodeService;
     private FilePlanService filePlanService;
     private FilePlanRoleService filePlanRoleService;
+    private DictionaryService dictionaryService;
 
     /**
      * Used to check that the node in the context is a fileplan component
@@ -79,8 +82,16 @@ public final class AuthenticatedUserRolesDataExtractor extends AbstractDataExtra
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return              Returns <tt>true</tt> if the data is a NodeRef and it represents
-     *                      a fileplan component
+     * @param dictionaryService	dictionary service
+     */
+    public void setDictionaryService(DictionaryService dictionaryService)
+    {
+        this.dictionaryService = dictionaryService;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return  Returns <tt>true</tt> if the data is a NodeRef and it represents either a fileplan component or
+     *          a subtype of content
      */
     public boolean isSupported(Serializable data)
     {
@@ -88,7 +99,9 @@ public final class AuthenticatedUserRolesDataExtractor extends AbstractDataExtra
         {
             return false;
         }
-        return nodeService.hasAspect((NodeRef)data, RecordsManagementModel.ASPECT_FILE_PLAN_COMPONENT);
+        NodeRef nodeRef = (NodeRef) data;
+        return nodeService.hasAspect(nodeRef, RecordsManagementModel.ASPECT_FILE_PLAN_COMPONENT)  ||
+                dictionaryService.isSubClass(nodeService.getType(nodeRef), ContentModel.TYPE_CONTENT);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -109,6 +122,14 @@ public final class AuthenticatedUserRolesDataExtractor extends AbstractDataExtra
         // Get the rm root
         NodeRef rmRootNodeRef = filePlanService.getFilePlan(nodeRef);
 
+        // if we don't have an rm root and the given node is a subtype of content
+        if (rmRootNodeRef == null &&
+            dictionaryService.isSubClass(nodeService.getType(nodeRef), ContentModel.TYPE_CONTENT))
+        {
+            // use the default file plan
+            rmRootNodeRef = filePlanService.getFilePlanBySiteId(FilePlanService.DEFAULT_RM_SITE_ID);
+        }
+
         if (rmRootNodeRef != null)
         {
             Set<Role> roles = filePlanRoleService.getRolesByUser(rmRootNodeRef, user);