diff --git a/htdocs/contact/class/contact.class.php b/htdocs/contact/class/contact.class.php
index ca4880d68b8..31a95f8cd78 100644
--- a/htdocs/contact/class/contact.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/contact/class/contact.class.php
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ class Contact extends CommonObject
         if (empty($this->socid)) $this->socid = 0;
 		if (empty($this->priv)) $this->priv = 0;
 		if (empty($this->statut)) $this->statut = 0; // This is to convert '' into '0' to avoid bad sql request
+		$entity = (isset($this->entity) && is_numeric($this->entity)?$this->entity:$conf->entity);
 
 		$sql = "INSERT INTO ".MAIN_DB_PREFIX."socpeople (";
 		$sql.= " datec";
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ class Contact extends CommonObject
 		$sql.= " ".$this->priv.",";
 		$sql.= " ".$this->statut.",";
         $sql.= " ".(! empty($this->canvas)?"'".$this->db->escape($this->canvas)."'":"null").",";
-        $sql.= " ".$this->entity.",";
+        $sql.= " ".$entity.",";
         $sql.= "'".$this->db->escape($this->ref_ext)."',";
         $sql.= " ".(! empty($this->import_key)?"'".$this->db->escape($this->import_key)."'":"null");
 		$sql.= ")";
diff --git a/htdocs/societe/class/societe.class.php b/htdocs/societe/class/societe.class.php
index af15ce7c700..865924c7274 100644
--- a/htdocs/societe/class/societe.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/societe/class/societe.class.php
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ class Societe extends CommonObject
 
 		if ($result >= 0)
 		{
-			$entity = isset($this->entity)?$this->entity:$conf->entity;
+			$entity = (isset($this->entity) && is_numeric($this->entity)?$this->entity:$conf->entity);
 
 			$sql = "INSERT INTO ".MAIN_DB_PREFIX."societe (nom, name_alias, entity, datec, fk_user_creat, canvas, status, ref_int, ref_ext, fk_stcomm, fk_incoterms, location_incoterms ,import_key, fk_multicurrency, multicurrency_code)";
 			$sql.= " VALUES ('".$this->db->escape($this->name)."', '".$this->db->escape($this->name_alias)."', ".$entity.", '".$this->db->idate($now)."'";