diff --git a/packages/core/actions/src/__tests__/create-action.test.ts b/packages/core/actions/src/__tests__/create-action.test.ts
index 43e8b7491..6b50bf696 100644
--- a/packages/core/actions/src/__tests__/create-action.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/actions/src/__tests__/create-action.test.ts
@@ -108,4 +108,13 @@ describe('create action', () => {
     expect(await tag.hasPost(p1)).toBeTruthy();
     expect(tag.get('name')).toEqual('hello');
   });
+
+  test('create with empty values', async () => {
+    const response = await app.agent().resource('posts').create({});
+    expect(response.statusCode).toEqual(200);
+    const p1 = await Post.repository.findOne();
+
+    const response2 = await app.agent().resource('posts.comments', p1.get('id')).create({});
+    expect(response2.statusCode).toEqual(200);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/update-guard.ts b/packages/core/database/src/update-guard.ts
index 122c93b97..a8603758e 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/update-guard.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/update-guard.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import lodash from 'lodash';
 import { ModelStatic } from 'sequelize';
 import { Model } from './model';
 import { AssociationKeysToBeUpdate, BlackList, WhiteList } from './repository';
-import { isPlainObject } from '@nocobase/utils/src';
 
 type UpdateValueItem = string | number | UpdateValues;
 
@@ -100,6 +99,10 @@ export class UpdateGuard {
    * @param values
    */
   sanitize(values: UpdateValues) {
+    if (values === null || values === undefined) {
+      return values;
+    }
+
     values = lodash.clone(values);
 
     if (!this.model) {