From 2a5c19cc18b16a55f368478c9f02b1d8f52b11f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trenton H <797416+stumpylog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 14:22:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes the changes

---
 src/documents/serialisers.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index 3fc989cae..e712d4b59 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ class MatchingModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
     def validate(self, data):
         # TODO: remove pending https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/issues/7173
-        name = data.get("name", self.instance.name)
+        name = data.get(
+            "name",
+            self.instance.name if hasattr(self.instance, "name") else None,
+        )
         owner = (
             data["owner"]
             if "owner" in data
@@ -441,7 +444,10 @@ class CustomFieldSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
     def validate(self, attrs):
         # TODO: remove pending https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/issues/7173
-        name = attrs.get("name", self.instance.name)
+        name = attrs.get(
+            "name",
+            self.instance.name if hasattr(self.instance, "name") else None,
+        )
         if ("name" in attrs) and self.Meta.model.objects.filter(
             name=name,
         ).exists():