diff --git a/client/controllers/AddToPlanningController.tsx b/client/controllers/AddToPlanningController.tsx
index dfc249374..161dc905e 100644
--- a/client/controllers/AddToPlanningController.tsx
+++ b/client/controllers/AddToPlanningController.tsx
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import {Provider} from 'react-redux';
 import {ModalsContainer} from '../components';
-import {locks} from '../actions';
 import {planning} from '../actions';
 import {get, isEmpty, isNumber} from 'lodash';
 import {registerNotifications, getErrorMessage, isExistingItem} from '../utils';
 import {WORKSPACE, MODALS, MAIN} from '../constants';
 import {GET_LABEL_MAP} from 'superdesk-core/scripts/apps/workspace/content/constants';
-import {planningApi} from '../superdeskApi';
+import {planningApi, superdeskApi} from '../superdeskApi';
 
 const DEFAULT_PLANNING_SCHEMA = {
     anpa_category: {required: true},
@@ -193,11 +192,14 @@ export class AddToPlanningController {
     }
 
     loadArchiveItem() {
-        return this.api.find('archive', this.item._id)
-            .then((newsItem) => {
+        return Promise.all([
+            superdeskApi.entities.contentProfile.get(this.item.profile),
+            this.api.find('archive', this.item._id),
+        ])
+            .then(([contentProfile, newsItem]) => {
                 const errMessages = [];
                 const profile = planningProfile(this.store.getState());
-                const schema = get(profile, 'schema') || DEFAULT_PLANNING_SCHEMA;
+                const planningSchema = profile.schema || DEFAULT_PLANNING_SCHEMA;
                 const requiredError = (field) => this.gettext('[{{ field }}] is a required field')
                     .replace('{{ field }}', field);
                 const labels = GET_LABEL_MAP(this.gettext);
@@ -206,10 +208,13 @@ export class AddToPlanningController {
                     errMessages.push(this.gettext('Item already linked to a Planning item'));
                 }
 
-                Object.keys(schema)
-                    .filter((field) => get(schema[field], 'required') &&
-                        isEmpty(get(newsItem, field)) &&
-                        !isNumber(get(newsItem, field)))
+                Object.keys(planningSchema)
+                    .filter((field) => (
+                        contentProfile.schema[field] != null &&
+                        planningSchema[field]?.required === true &&
+                        isEmpty(newsItem[field]) &&
+                        !isNumber(newsItem[field])
+                    ))
                     .forEach((field) => {
                         errMessages.push(requiredError(labels[field] || field));
                     });
diff --git a/client/utils/testApi.ts b/client/utils/testApi.ts
index 6e2374ab8..6df65e757 100644
--- a/client/utils/testApi.ts
+++ b/client/utils/testApi.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,35 @@ Object.assign(superdeskApi, {
     },
     components: {
         SelectUser: sinon.stub().returns('<div>Stubbed SelectUser Component</div>'),
-    }
+    },
+    entities: {
+        contentProfile: {
+            get: sinon.stub().returns(Promise.resolve({
+                schema: {
+                    slugline: {maxlength: 24, type: 'string', required: true},
+                    relatedItems: {},
+                    genre: {type: 'list'},
+                    anpa_take_key: {type: 'string'},
+                    place: {type: 'list'},
+                    priority: {type: 'integer'},
+                    urgency: {type: 'integer'},
+                    anpa_category: {type: 'list', required: true},
+                    subject: {type: 'list', required: true},
+                    company_codes: {type: 'list'},
+                    ednote: {type: 'string'},
+                    headline: {maxlength: 42, type: 'string', required: true},
+                    sms: {maxlength: 160, type: 'string'},
+                    abstract: {maxlength: 160, type: 'string'},
+                    body_html: {required: true, type: 'string'},
+                    byline: {type: 'string'},
+                    dateline: {type: 'dict', required: true},
+                    sign_off: {type: 'string'},
+                    footer: {},
+                    body_footer: {type: 'string'},
+                },
+            })),
+        },
+    },
 });
 
 Object.assign(planningApi, {