diff --git a/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_pubsub.py b/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_pubsub.py
index c8079257..47b74243 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_pubsub.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_pubsub.py
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ class Edit(base.CommandBase, common.BaseEdit):
             payload = item_elt[0]
         except IndexError:
             self.disp(_("Item has not payload"), 1)
-            return ""
+            return "", item_id
         return etree.tostring(payload, encoding="unicode", pretty_print=True), item_id
 
     async def start(self):