diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Customers.php b/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Customers.php
index 1d9cad29..64ddd491 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Customers.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Customers.php
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ class Customers extends \Froxlor\Api\ApiCommand implements \Froxlor\Api\Resource
 			$email = $this->getParam('email', true, $idna_convert->decode($result['email']));
 			$name = $this->getParam('name', true, $result['name']);
 			$firstname = $this->getParam('firstname', true, $result['firstname']);
-			$company_required = (! empty($name) && empty($firstname)) || (empty($name) && ! empty($firstname)) || (empty($name) && empty($firstname));
+			$company_required = empty($result['company']) && ((! empty($name) && empty($firstname)) || (empty($name) && ! empty($firstname)) || (empty($name) && empty($firstname)));
 			$company = $this->getParam('company', ($company_required ? false : true), $result['company']);
 			$street = $this->getParam('street', true, $result['street']);
 			$zipcode = $this->getParam('zipcode', true, $result['zipcode']);