diff --git a/code/EditableSpamProtectionField.php b/code/EditableSpamProtectionField.php
index 6260b03..a88b3e0 100644
--- a/code/EditableSpamProtectionField.php
+++ b/code/EditableSpamProtectionField.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use SilverStripe\Forms\DropdownField;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FieldGroup;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FieldList;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FormField;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\DataList;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\UnsavedRelationList;
 use SilverStripe\SpamProtection\Extension\FormSpamProtectionExtension;
 use SilverStripe\UserForms\Model\EditableFormField;
@@ -112,8 +113,11 @@ class EditableSpamProtectionField extends EditableFormField
         }
 
         // Get all candidates of the above types
-        return $this
-            ->Parent()
+        $parent = $this->Parent();
+        if (!$parent) {
+            return DataList::create(EditableFormField::class);
+        }
+        return $parent
             ->Fields()
             ->filter('ClassName', $typesInherit)
             ->exclude('Title', ''); // Ignore this field and those without titles
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e40c309..b8318c3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5",
         "silverstripe/versioned": "^1.0",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.0"
+        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.0",
+        "silverstripe/userforms": "^5"
     },
     "extra": {
         "expose": [
@@ -39,4 +40,4 @@
     "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "prefer-stable": true
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest.php b/tests/EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest.php
index 0741db8..182de53 100644
--- a/tests/EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest.php
+++ b/tests/EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\SpamProtection\Tests;
 
+use ReflectionClass;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\DataList;
 use SilverStripe\UserForms\Model\UserDefinedForm;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Config\Config;
 use SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireTest;
@@ -153,4 +155,24 @@ class EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest extends SapphireTest
 
         return $editableFormFieldMock;
     }
+
+    public function testGetCandidateFieldsParentStatus()
+    {
+        $field = new EditableSpamProtectionField();
+        $field->Name = 'MyField';
+        $reflection = new ReflectionClass($field);
+        $method = $reflection->getMethod('getCandidateFields');
+        $method->setAccessible(true);
+        // Assert with no parent
+        $list = $method->invoke($field);
+        $this->assertTrue($list instanceof DataList);
+        // Assert with parent
+        $page = new UserDefinedForm();
+        $page->write();
+        $field->ParentID = $page->ID;
+        $field->ParentClass = get_class($page);
+        $field->write();
+        $list = $method->invoke($field);
+        $this->assertTrue($list instanceof DataList);
+    }
 }