diff --git a/src/main/java/de/danielbechler/diff/node/DiffNode.java b/src/main/java/de/danielbechler/diff/node/DiffNode.java
index 2c02fed9..9a069a01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/danielbechler/diff/node/DiffNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/danielbechler/diff/node/DiffNode.java
@@ -653,8 +653,8 @@ public void canonicalSet(Object target, final Object value)
 			Object parent = parentNode.canonicalGet(target);
 			if (parent == null)
 			{
-				parent = parentNode.newInstance();
-				parentNode.canonicalSet(target, parent);
+// 				parent = parentNode.newInstance();
+// 				parentNode.canonicalSet(target, parent);
 			}
 			target = parent;
 		}