diff --git a/api/components/com_languages/src/Controller/OverridesController.php b/api/components/com_languages/src/Controller/OverridesController.php
index 9ebb27ff5db9c..fc376fbe2e3bb 100644
--- a/api/components/com_languages/src/Controller/OverridesController.php
+++ b/api/components/com_languages/src/Controller/OverridesController.php
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ protected function save($recordKey = null)
 		/** @var \Joomla\CMS\MVC\Model\AdminModel $model */
 		$model = $this->getModel(Inflector::singularize($this->contentType));
 
-		$model->setState('filter.language', $this->input->post->get('lang_code'));
-		$model->setState('filter.client', $this->input->post->get('app'));
-
 		if (!$model)
 		{
 			throw new \RuntimeException(Text::_('JLIB_APPLICATION_ERROR_MODEL_CREATE'));
 		}
 
+		$model->setState('filter.language', $this->input->post->get('lang_code'));
+		$model->setState('filter.client', $this->input->post->get('app'));
+
 		$data = $this->input->get('data', json_decode($this->input->json->getRaw(), true), 'array');
 
 		// TODO: Not the cleanest thing ever but it works...