diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tags/components/tags-input/tags-input.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tags/components/tags-input/tags-input.element.ts
index bd2549a7b3..b56d245007 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tags/components/tags-input/tags-input.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tags/components/tags-input/tags-input.element.ts
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ export class UmbTagsInputElement extends UUIFormControlMixin(UmbLitElement, '')
 	}
 
 	async #getExistingTags(query: string) {
-		if (!this.group || this.culture === undefined || !query) return;
-		const { data } = await this.#repository.queryTags(this.group, this.culture, query);
+		if (!this.group || !query) return;
+		const { data } = await this.#repository.queryTags(this.group, this.culture ?? null, query);
 		if (!data) return;
 		this._matches = data.items;
 	}