diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/RightsVocabularyField.js b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/RightsVocabularyField.js
index b588f0b9a..7200d7e79 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/RightsVocabularyField.js
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/RightsVocabularyField.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class RightsVocabularyField extends VocabularyField {
     let serializedValue = null;
     const _serialize = (value) => {
       let clonedValue = _cloneDeep(value);
-      if ("id" in value) {
+      if ("id" in value && value.id != null) {
         return { id: value.id };
       } else {
         this.localeFields.forEach((field) => {