diff --git a/packages/store/src/-private/caches/identifier-cache.ts b/packages/store/src/-private/caches/identifier-cache.ts
index c90dd07b2a1..f0bd5f78f67 100644
--- a/packages/store/src/-private/caches/identifier-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/-private/caches/identifier-cache.ts
@@ -445,10 +445,11 @@ export class IdentifierCache {
       // If the incoming type does not match the identifier type, we need to create an identifier for the incoming
       // data so we can merge the incoming data with the existing identifier, see #7325 and #7363
       if (identifier.type !== keyInfo.type) {
-        let incomingDataResource = { ...data };
-        // Need to strip the lid from the incomingData in order force a new identifier creation
-        delete incomingDataResource.lid;
-        existingIdentifier = this.getOrCreateRecordIdentifier(incomingDataResource);
+        if (hasLid(data)) {
+          // Strip the lid to ensure we force a new identifier creation
+          delete data.lid;
+        }
+        existingIdentifier = this.getOrCreateRecordIdentifier(data);
       }
     }