diff --git a/frappe/permissions.py b/frappe/permissions.py
index 3d85c955b8..8f60da3378 100644
--- a/frappe/permissions.py
+++ b/frappe/permissions.py
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ def has_user_permission(doc, user=None, debug=False, *, ptype=None):
 							condition = False
 							break
 			else:
-				condition = str(docname) not in allowed_docs
+				condition = not docname or str(docname) not in allowed_docs
 
 			if condition:
 				# no user permissions for this doc specified