diff --git a/app/Services/Model/Imp/SummitSponsorService.php b/app/Services/Model/Imp/SummitSponsorService.php
index b320481e5..d987f1bc3 100644
--- a/app/Services/Model/Imp/SummitSponsorService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Model/Imp/SummitSponsorService.php
@@ -1184,8 +1184,9 @@ public function updateSponsorServicesStatistics(Summit $summit, int $sponsor_id,
 
             $statistics = $summit_sponsor->getSponsorServicesStatistics();
             if (!$statistics) {
-                $statistics = new SponsorStatistics();
-                $statistics->setSponsor($summit_sponsor);
+                $statistics = SponsorServicesStatisticsFactory::build($payload);
+                $summit_sponsor->setSponsorServicesStatistics($statistics);
+                return $statistics;
             }
             return SponsorServicesStatisticsFactory::populate($statistics, $payload);
         });
diff --git a/tests/InsertSummitTestData.php b/tests/InsertSummitTestData.php
index 15d2edd7d..00a54c3dd 100644
--- a/tests/InsertSummitTestData.php
+++ b/tests/InsertSummitTestData.php
@@ -913,12 +913,14 @@ protected static function insertSummitTestData(){
                 }
             }
 
-            $statistics = new SponsorStatistics();
-            $statistics->setFormsQty(random_int(1, 30));
-            $statistics->setPurchasesQty(random_int(1, 30));
-            $statistics->setPagesQty(random_int(1, 30));
-            $statistics->setDocumentsQty(random_int(1, 30));
-            $s->setSponsorServicesStatistics($statistics);
+            if ($i % 2 == 0) {
+                $statistics = new SponsorStatistics();
+                $statistics->setFormsQty(random_int(1, 30));
+                $statistics->setPurchasesQty(random_int(1, 30));
+                $statistics->setPagesQty(random_int(1, 30));
+                $statistics->setDocumentsQty(random_int(1, 30));
+                $s->setSponsorServicesStatistics($statistics);
+            }
 
             self::$em->persist($s);
             self::$summit->addSummitSponsor($s);
diff --git a/tests/OAuth2SummitSponsorApiTest.php b/tests/OAuth2SummitSponsorApiTest.php
index cce73bf94..50f9f3357 100644
--- a/tests/OAuth2SummitSponsorApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/OAuth2SummitSponsorApiTest.php
@@ -878,4 +878,33 @@ public function testUpdatePartiallySponsorServicesStatistics(){
         $this->assertEquals($new_forms_qty, $statistics->forms_qty);
         $this->assertEquals($pages_qty, $statistics->pages_qty);
     }
+
+    public function testInsertPartiallySponsorServicesStatistics(){
+        $params = [
+            'id' => self::$summit->getId(),
+            'sponsor_id' => self::$sponsors[1]->getId(),
+        ];
+
+        $new_forms_qty = 10;
+
+        $data = [
+            'forms_qty' => $new_forms_qty
+        ];
+
+        $response = $this->action(
+            "PUT",
+            "OAuth2SummitSponsorApiController@updateSponsorServicesStatistics",
+            $params,
+            [],
+            [],
+            [],
+            $this->getAuthHeaders(),
+            json_encode($data)
+        );
+
+        $content = $response->getContent();
+        $this->assertResponseStatus(201);
+        $statistics = json_decode($content);
+        $this->assertEquals($new_forms_qty, $statistics->forms_qty);
+    }
 }