diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/repository/TransientNode.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/repository/TransientNode.java
index 23abab0b15..c8415cc414 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/repository/TransientNode.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/repository/TransientNode.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public class TransientNode extends Node
                         // create a association reference, add it to a list and add the list
                         // to the list of associations for this node
                         List<AssociationRef> assocs = new ArrayList<AssociationRef>(1);
-                        AssociationRef assocRef = new AssociationRef(this.nodeRef, assocDef.getName(), target);
+                        AssociationRef assocRef = new AssociationRef(null, this.nodeRef, assocDef.getName(), target);
                         assocs.add(assocRef);
                         
                         this.associations.put(item, assocs);
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public class TransientNode extends Node
                            if (target instanceof NodeRef)
                            {
                               NodeRef currentTarget = (NodeRef)target;
-                              AssociationRef assocRef = new AssociationRef(this.nodeRef, assocDef.getName(), currentTarget);
+                              AssociationRef assocRef = new AssociationRef(null, this.nodeRef, assocDef.getName(), currentTarget);
                               assocs.add(assocRef);
                            }
                         }
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/ui/repo/component/property/UIAssociationEditor.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/ui/repo/component/property/UIAssociationEditor.java
index d49fc7031e..b7dba2ed76 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/ui/repo/component/property/UIAssociationEditor.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/ui/repo/component/property/UIAssociationEditor.java
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public class UIAssociationEditor extends BaseAssociationEditor
       if (node != null && targetRef != null)
       {
          QName assocQName = Repository.resolveToQName(this.associationName);
-         AssociationRef newAssoc = new AssociationRef(node.getNodeRef(), assocQName, new NodeRef(targetRef));
+         AssociationRef newAssoc = new AssociationRef(null, node.getNodeRef(), assocQName, new NodeRef(targetRef));
          
          // update the node so it knows to remove the association, but only if the association
          // was one of the original ones
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class UIAssociationEditor extends BaseAssociationEditor
             if (this.originalAssocs.containsKey(targetRef) == false)
             {
                QName assocQName = Repository.resolveToQName(this.associationName);
-               AssociationRef newAssoc = new AssociationRef(node.getNodeRef(), assocQName, 
+               AssociationRef newAssoc = new AssociationRef(null, node.getNodeRef(), assocQName, 
                      new NodeRef(targetRef));
             
                Map<String, AssociationRef> added = node.getAddedAssociations().get(this.associationName);