From dbcd9400891c8b5fdea2bdeae34a8ffa03949581 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sagar Vora <16315650+sagarvora@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 02:33:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: set valid parent for `mandatory_depends_on` evaluation
 (#37912)

---
 frappe/public/js/frappe/form/save.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/save.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/save.js
index 9813f180dc..5640514eec 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/save.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/save.js
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ frappe.ui.form.check_mandatory = function (frm) {
 		if (df.mandatory_depends_on && doc) {
 			let out = null;
 			let expression = df.mandatory_depends_on;
-			let parent = frappe.get_meta(df.parent);
+			let parent = frm.doc;
 
 			if (typeof expression === "boolean") {
 				out = expression;