diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/DataHandling/DataHandler.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/DataHandling/DataHandler.php
index 2ef983d62ef5744429ab167f72d4f6844136a14a..2f3edb4056a35b3f0751ba6426655e2d19bb657e 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/DataHandling/DataHandler.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/DataHandling/DataHandler.php
@@ -4540,6 +4540,7 @@ class DataHandler
         }
         // Set exclude Fields:
         foreach ($GLOBALS['TCA'][$Ttable]['columns'] as $fN => $fCfg) {
+            $translateToMsg = '';
             // Check if we are just prefixing:
             if ($fCfg['l10n_mode'] == 'prefixLangTitle') {
                 if (($fCfg['config']['type'] == 'text' || $fCfg['config']['type'] == 'input') && (string)$row[$fN] !== '') {