diff --git a/packages/request-client.js/src/api/request.ts b/packages/request-client.js/src/api/request.ts
index 4de7171fbc..7f4ada1183 100644
--- a/packages/request-client.js/src/api/request.ts
+++ b/packages/request-client.js/src/api/request.ts
@@ -696,6 +696,12 @@ export default class Request {
    * @returns The updated request data
    */
   public getData(): Types.IRequestDataWithEvents {
+    if (this.inMemoryInfo) {
+      return Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), {
+        ...this.inMemoryInfo.requestData,
+      });
+    }
+
     if (this.confirmationErrorOccurredAtCreation) {
       throw Error('request confirmation failed');
     }
@@ -709,8 +715,6 @@ export default class Request {
       requestData = pending as RequestLogicTypes.IRequest;
       requestData.state = RequestLogicTypes.STATE.PENDING;
       pending = { state: this.pendingData?.state };
-    } else if (!requestData && !pending) {
-      return Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), {} as Types.IRequestDataWithEvents);
     }
 
     const currency = this.currencyManager.fromStorageCurrency(requestData.currency);
diff --git a/packages/request-client.js/test/in-memory-request.test.ts b/packages/request-client.js/test/in-memory-request.test.ts
index 1e5a646b2f..5671995544 100644
--- a/packages/request-client.js/test/in-memory-request.test.ts
+++ b/packages/request-client.js/test/in-memory-request.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { RequestNetwork, RequestNetworkBase } from '../src/index';
 import * as TestData from './data-test';
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   NoPersistDataWrite,
   PendingStore,
 } from '@requestnetwork/data-access';
+import { ClientTypes } from '@requestnetwork/types';
 
 class MyCustomDataAccess extends CombinedDataAccess {
   constructor() {
@@ -128,6 +130,19 @@ describe('handle in-memory request', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('returns an empty EventEmitter object when calling getData', async () => {
+    requestNetwork = new RequestNetwork({
+      skipPersistence: true,
+      signatureProvider: TestData.fakeSignatureProvider,
+    });
+
+    const request = await requestNetwork.createRequest(requestCreationParams);
+
+    expect(request.getData()).toStrictEqual(
+      Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), {} as ClientTypes.IRequestDataWithEvents),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('persists a previously created in-memory request', async () => {
     requestNetwork = new RequestNetwork({
       skipPersistence: true,