diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/editor.js b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/editor.js
index acaa11815d..f5332c2f8c 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/editor.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/editor.js
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ export default Controller.extend({
     }).group('saveTasks'),
 
     // convenience method for saving the post and performing post-save cleanup
-    _savePostTask: task(function* (options) {
+    _savePostTask: task(function* (options = {}) {
         let {post} = this;
 
         const previousEmailOnlyValue = this.post.emailOnly;