diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Validate.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Validate.php
index 921fdb6198d4e..4eda49068ac3a 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Validate.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Validate.php
@@ -36,11 +36,8 @@ public function __construct(
      */
     public function execute()
     {
-        $response = new \Magento\Framework\DataObject();
-        $response->setError(0);
-
         $resultJson = $this->resultJsonFactory->create();
-        $resultJson->setData($response);
+        $resultJson->setData(['error' => 0]);
         
         return $resultJson;
     }