diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.cpp
index 0ccd6a74bd..0a72789485 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.cpp
@@ -321,6 +321,11 @@ QScriptValue EntityItemProperties::copyToScriptValue(QScriptEngine* engine, bool
     QScriptValue properties = engine->newObject();
     EntityItemProperties defaultEntityProperties;
 
+    if (_created == UNKNOWN_CREATED_TIME) {
+        // No entity properties can have been set so return without setting any default, zero property values.
+        return properties;
+    }
+
     if (_idSet) {
         COPY_PROPERTY_TO_QSCRIPTVALUE_GETTER_ALWAYS(id, _id.toString());
     }