diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/overlays/publish.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/overlays/publish.controller.js
index bd3a18e7d4..8caa38ea17 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/overlays/publish.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/overlays/publish.controller.js
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
 
         function hasAnyData(variant) {
 
+            if (variant.name == null || variant.name.length === 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             var result = variant.isDirty != null;
 
             if(result) return true;