diff --git a/wire/modules/PagePermissions.module b/wire/modules/PagePermissions.module
index 90ad1b53..3fe359ce 100644
--- a/wire/modules/PagePermissions.module
+++ b/wire/modules/PagePermissions.module
@@ -783,7 +783,8 @@ class PagePermissions extends WireData implements Module {
 		$page = $event->object; 
 		$user = $this->wire('user'); 
 		$addable = false; 
-		$_ADDABLE = false; // if we really mean it
+		$addPage = null;
+		$_ADDABLE = false; // if we really mean it (as in, do not perform secondary checks)
 		$superuser = $user->isSuperuser();
 
 		if($page->template->noChildren) {
@@ -808,7 +809,8 @@ class PagePermissions extends WireData implements Module {
 		// check if a $page is provided as the first argument for additional access checking
 		if($addable) {
 			$addPage = $event->arguments(0);
-			if($addPage && $addPage instanceof Page && $addPage->template && $page->template) {
+			if(!$addPage || !$addPage instanceof Page || !$addPage->id) $addPage = null;
+			if($addPage && $addPage->template && $page->template) {
 				if(count($page->template->childTemplates) && !in_array($addPage->template->id, $page->template->childTemplates)) {
 					$addable = false;
 				}
@@ -816,8 +818,8 @@ class PagePermissions extends WireData implements Module {
 		}
 	
 		// check additional permissions if in multi-language environment
-		if($addable && !$_ADDABLE && $this->wire('languages')) {
-			if(!$this->hasPageEditLangDefault($user, $page) || !$this->hasPageEditLangNone($user, $page)) {
+		if($addable && !$_ADDABLE && $addPage && $this->wire('languages')) {
+			if(!$this->hasPageEditLangDefault($user, $addPage) || !$this->hasPageEditLangNone($user, $addPage)) {
 				// if user can't edit default language, or can't edit non-multi-language fields, then deny add access
 				$addable = false;
 			}