diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferencesItem.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferencesItem.pm
index 2389b03f24..a73ae6d3d7 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferencesItem.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferencesItem.pm
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ sub PUT :Allow {
             # last param is "replace" to delete all existing prefs
             # for proper PUT behavior
             my $process_extras;
-            $subscriber = $self->update_item($c, $subscriber, $old_resource, $resource, undef, $process_extras);
+            ($subscriber, undef, $process_extras) = $self->update_item($c, $subscriber, $old_resource, $resource, undef, $process_extras);
             goto TX_START if $process_extras->{retry_tx};
             last unless $subscriber;