diff --git a/lib/extension/entityPublish.js b/lib/extension/entityPublish.js
index 0fdd025f..708e7425 100644
--- a/lib/extension/entityPublish.js
+++ b/lib/extension/entityPublish.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class EntityPublish extends BaseExtension {
          * the color temperature. This would lead to 2 zigbee publishes, where the first one
          * (state) is probably unecessary.
          */
-        const deviceState = this.state.get(entity.settings.ID);
+        const deviceState = this.state.get(entity.settings.ID) || {};
         if (settings.get().homeassistant) {
             const hasColorTemp = json.hasOwnProperty('color_temp');
             const hasColor = json.hasOwnProperty('color');