diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Save.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Save.php
index 6ba0348b45986..bcc7d468fd0f4 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Save.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Save.php
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ public function execute()
             return $resultRedirect->setPath('catalog/*/', ['_current' => true, 'id' => null]);
         }
 
-        $data['general'] = $this->getRequest()->getPostValue();
-        $categoryPostData = $data['general'];
+        $categoryPostData = $this->getRequest()->getPostValue();
 
         $isNewCategory = !isset($categoryPostData['entity_id']);
         $categoryPostData = $this->stringToBoolConverting($categoryPostData);