diff --git a/config/core/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/config/core/impl/ConfigRepositoryImpl.java b/config/core/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/config/core/impl/ConfigRepositoryImpl.java
index 4055cd9..4c63375 100644
--- a/config/core/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/config/core/impl/ConfigRepositoryImpl.java
+++ b/config/core/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/config/core/impl/ConfigRepositoryImpl.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class ConfigRepositoryImpl implements ConfigRepository {
        @Override
        public String createFactoryConfiguration(String factoryPid, Dictionary<String, ?> properties) {
                try {
-                       Configuration config = configAdmin.createFactoryConfiguration(factoryPid);
+                       Configuration config = configAdmin.createFactoryConfiguration( factoryPid, null);
                        config.update(properties);
                        return config.getPid();
                } catch (IOException e) {