diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentControllerTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentControllerTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d05599584a
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+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentControllerTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Moq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Actions;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Dictionary;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Events;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Mapping;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Routing;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Scoping;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Security;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Serialization;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Strings;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure.Persistence;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Common.Builders;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Common.Builders.Extensions;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Tests.UnitTests.Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class ContentControllerTests
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void Root_Node_With_Domains_Causes_No_Error()
+        {
+            // Setup domain service
+            var domainServiceMock = new Mock<IDomainService>();
+            domainServiceMock.Setup(x => x.GetAssignedDomains(1060, It.IsAny<bool>()))
+                .Returns(new List<IDomain>{new UmbracoDomain("/", "da-dk"), new UmbracoDomain("/en", "en-us")});
+
+            // Create content type and content
+            IContentType contentType = new ContentTypeBuilder().WithContentVariation(ContentVariation.Culture).Build();
+
+            // Create content, we need to specify and ID configure domain service
+            Content rootNode = new ContentBuilder()
+                .WithContentType(contentType)
+                .WithId(1060)
+                .AddContentCultureInfosCollection()
+                    .AddCultureInfos()
+                        .WithCultureIso("da-dk")
+                    .Done()
+                    .AddCultureInfos()
+                        .WithCultureIso("en-us")
+                    .Done()
+                .Done()
+                .Build();
+
+            var culturesPublished = new List<string> { "en-us", "da-dk" };
+            var publishResult = new PublishResult(new EventMessages(), rootNode);
+
+            ContentController contentController = CreateContentController(domainServiceMock.Object);
+            contentController.VerifyDomainsForCultures(rootNode, culturesPublished, publishResult);
+
+            IEnumerable<EventMessage> eventMessages = publishResult.EventMessages.GetAll();
+            Assert.IsEmpty(eventMessages);
+        }
+
+        private ContentController CreateContentController(IDomainService domainService)
+        {
+            var controller = new ContentController(
+                Mock.Of<ICultureDictionary>(),
+                NullLoggerFactory.Instance,
+                Mock.Of<IShortStringHelper>(),
+                Mock.Of<IEventMessagesFactory>(),
+                Mock.Of<ILocalizedTextService>(),
+                new PropertyEditorCollection(new DataEditorCollection(() => null)),
+                Mock.Of<IContentService>(),
+                Mock.Of<IUserService>(),
+                Mock.Of<IBackOfficeSecurityAccessor>(),
+                Mock.Of<IContentTypeService>(),
+                Mock.Of<IUmbracoMapper>(),
+                Mock.Of<IPublishedUrlProvider>(),
+                domainService,
+                Mock.Of<IDataTypeService>(),
+                Mock.Of<ILocalizationService>(),
+                Mock.Of<IFileService>(),
+                Mock.Of<INotificationService>(),
+                new ActionCollection(() => null),
+                Mock.Of<ISqlContext>(),
+                Mock.Of<IJsonSerializer>(),
+                Mock.Of<IScopeProvider>(),
+                Mock.Of<IAuthorizationService>()
+            );
+
+            return controller;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs
index 78f4e6c06e..0d797760d5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
         /// <param name="persistedContent"></param>
         /// <param name="culturesPublished"></param>
         /// <param name="publishResult"></param>
-        private void VerifyDomainsForCultures(IContent persistedContent, IEnumerable<string> culturesPublished, PublishResult publishResult)
+        internal void VerifyDomainsForCultures(IContent persistedContent, IEnumerable<string> culturesPublished, PublishResult publishResult)
         {
             var publishedCultures = persistedContent.PublishedCultures.ToList();
             // If only a single culture is published we shouldn't have any routing issues