diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/nodeSorter.asmx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/nodeSorter.asmx.cs
index 1ab2346054..e383e658aa 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/nodeSorter.asmx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/nodeSorter.asmx.cs
@@ -192,7 +192,10 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.webservices
                 //content.Instance.SortNodes(parentId);
 
                 //send notifications! TODO: This should be put somewhere centralized instead of hard coded directly here
-                ApplicationContext.Services.NotificationService.SendNotification(contentService.GetById(parentId), ActionSort.Instance, UmbracoContext, ApplicationContext);
+                if (parentId > 0)
+                {
+                    ApplicationContext.Services.NotificationService.SendNotification(contentService.GetById(parentId), ActionSort.Instance, UmbracoContext, ApplicationContext);
+                }
 
             }
             catch (Exception ex)