diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/lib/umbraco/LegacyUmbClientMgr.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/lib/umbraco/LegacyUmbClientMgr.js
index bfc7ddebac..2e337e13ab 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/lib/umbraco/LegacyUmbClientMgr.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/lib/umbraco/LegacyUmbClientMgr.js
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Umbraco.Sys.registerNamespace("Umbraco.Application");
                 else {
                     //instead of calling just the dialog service we funnel it through the global 
                     //event emitter
-                    getRootScope().$emit("closeDialogs", event);
+                    getRootScope().$emit("closeDialogs", undefined);
                 }                
             },
             _debug: function(strMsg) {