diff --git a/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/docAccess.ts b/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/docAccess.ts
index eec1e4b70e7..5eb3c30a016 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/docAccess.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/docAccess.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CollectionPermission, SanitizedCollectionPermission } from '../../auth/index.js'
+import type { SanitizedCollectionPermission } from '../../auth/index.js'
 import type { AllOperations, PayloadRequest } from '../../types/index.js'
 import type { Collection } from '../config/types.js'
 
@@ -45,13 +45,12 @@ export async function docAccessOperation(args: Arguments): Promise<SanitizedColl
     })
 
     const sanitizedPermissions = sanitizePermissions({
-      canAccessAdmin: true,
       collections: {
         [config.slug]: result,
       },
     })
 
-    return sanitizedPermissions.collections[config.slug]
+    return sanitizedPermissions?.collections?.[config.slug]
   } catch (e: unknown) {
     await killTransaction(req)
     throw e
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/globals/operations/docAccess.ts b/packages/payload/src/globals/operations/docAccess.ts
index 4208cc5c7fb..26021eccb8c 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/globals/operations/docAccess.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/globals/operations/docAccess.ts
@@ -34,13 +34,12 @@ export const docAccessOperation = async (args: Arguments): Promise<SanitizedGlob
       await commitTransaction(req)
     }
     const sanitizedPermissions = sanitizePermissions({
-      canAccessAdmin: true,
       globals: {
         [globalConfig.slug]: result,
       },
     })
 
-    return sanitizedPermissions.globals[globalConfig.slug]
+    return sanitizedPermissions?.globals?.[globalConfig.slug]
   } catch (e: unknown) {
     await killTransaction(req)
     throw e
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/utilities/sanitizePermissions.ts b/packages/payload/src/utilities/sanitizePermissions.ts
index 8072157318c..76f665d2006 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/utilities/sanitizePermissions.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/utilities/sanitizePermissions.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import type { MarkOptional } from 'ts-essentials'
+
 import type {
   CollectionPermission,
   FieldPermissions,
@@ -196,7 +198,9 @@ export function recursivelySanitizeGlobals(obj: Permissions['globals']): void {
 /**
  * Recursively remove empty objects and false values from an object.
  */
-export function sanitizePermissions(data: Permissions): SanitizedPermissions {
+export function sanitizePermissions(
+  data: MarkOptional<Permissions, 'canAccessAdmin'>,
+): SanitizedPermissions {
   if (data.canAccessAdmin === false) {
     delete data.canAccessAdmin
   }