diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/parseEntityTransformParams.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/parseEntityTransformParams.ts
index e09289d5c0..9bbe9e7861 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/parseEntityTransformParams.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/parseEntityTransformParams.ts
@@ -20,22 +20,20 @@ import lodash from 'lodash';
 import { RecursivePartial } from '../../util/RecursivePartial';
 import { parseStringsParam } from './common';
 
-function getPathArray(input: Entity, field: string) {
-  const pathArray = [];
-  let currentPathPart = '';
+function getPathArrayAndValue(input: Entity, field: string) {
+  return field.split('.').reduce(
+    ([pathArray, inputSubset], pathPart, index, fieldParts) => {
+      if (Object.hasOwn(inputSubset, pathPart)) {
+        return [pathArray.concat(pathPart), inputSubset[pathPart]];
+      } else if (fieldParts[index + 1] !== undefined) {
+        fieldParts[index + 1] = `${pathPart}.${fieldParts[index + 1]}`;
+        return [pathArray, inputSubset];
+      }
 
-  for (const pathPart of field.split('.')) {
-    currentPathPart += pathPart;
-
-    if (lodash.has(input, pathArray.concat(currentPathPart))) {
-      pathArray.push(currentPathPart);
-      currentPathPart = '';
-    } else {
-      currentPathPart += '.';
-    }
-  }
-
-  return pathArray;
+      return [pathArray, undefined];
+    },
+    [[] as unknown as string, input as any],
+  );
 }
 
 export function parseEntityTransformParams(
@@ -64,9 +62,8 @@ export function parseEntityTransformParams(
     const output: RecursivePartial<Entity> = {};
 
     for (const field of fields) {
-      const pathArray = getPathArray(input, field);
+      const [pathArray, value] = getPathArrayAndValue(input, field);
 
-      const value = lodash.get(input, pathArray);
       if (value !== undefined) {
         lodash.set(output, pathArray, value);
       }