diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
index ac6e7d4740..6ca71dcd31 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
@@ -1011,8 +1011,7 @@ class MongoModuleStore(ModuleStoreDraftAndPublished, ModuleStoreWriteBase):
         xblock = self.create_xmodule(location, **kwargs)
         xblock = self.update_item(xblock, user_id, allow_not_found=True)
 
-        # Retrieve the item from the store so that it has edit info attributes
-        return self.get_item(xblock.location)
+        return xblock
 
     def create_child(self, user_id, parent_usage_key, block_type, block_id=None, **kwargs):
         """