diff --git a/lib/content-services/src/lib/permission-manager/components/inherited-button.directive.ts b/lib/content-services/src/lib/permission-manager/components/inherited-button.directive.ts
index d6d37d1db1..f702bf405b 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/src/lib/permission-manager/components/inherited-button.directive.ts
+++ b/lib/content-services/src/lib/permission-manager/components/inherited-button.directive.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class InheritPermissionDirective {
     onInheritPermissionClicked() {
         this.nodeService.getNode(this.nodeId).subscribe((node: Node) => {
             if (this.contentService.hasAllowableOperations(node, AllowableOperationsEnum.UPDATEPERMISSIONS)) {
-                const nodeBody = { permissions: { isInheritanceEnabled: !node?.['permissions']?.['isInheritanceEnabled'] ?? false } };
+                const nodeBody = { permissions: { isInheritanceEnabled: !node?.['permissions']?.['isInheritanceEnabled'] || false } };
                 this.nodeService.updateNode(this.nodeId, nodeBody, { include: ['permissions'] }).subscribe(
                     (nodeUpdated: Node) => {
                         this.updated.emit(nodeUpdated);