#7844 - added entity id of customer to validate customer

Author: storbahn

app/code/Magento/Customer/Controller/Adminhtml/Index/Validate.php

@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ protected function _validateCustomer($response)
                 $data,
                 \Magento\Customer\Api\Data\CustomerInterface::class
             );
+            $submittedData = $this->getRequest()->getParam('customer');
+            if (array_key_exists('entity_id', $submittedData)) {
+                $entity_id = $submittedData['entity_id'];
+                $customer->setId($entity_id);
+            }
             $errors = $this->customerAccountManagement->validate($customer)->getMessages();
         } catch (\Magento\Framework\Validator\Exception $exception) {
             /* @var $error Error */