diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/AdminOrder/Create.php b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/AdminOrder/Create.php
index 3449bb7ad104c07fa4ad5f8516043b0b3d77aa42..0bf781111fa104259dd5d69aef5c39f2ca3bab53 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/AdminOrder/Create.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/AdminOrder/Create.php
@@ -1560,11 +1560,13 @@ class Create extends \Magento\Framework\DataObject implements \Magento\Checkout\
     {
         $customer = $this->getQuote()->getCustomer();
         $form = $this->_createCustomerForm($customer);
+        $customerData = $this->customerMapper->toFlatArray($customer);
 
         // emulate request
         $request = $form->prepareRequest($accountData);
         $data = $form->extractData($request);
         $data = $form->restoreData($data);
+        $data = array_merge($customerData, array_filter($data));
         $customer = $this->customerFactory->create();
         $this->dataObjectHelper->populateWithArray(
             $customer,
@@ -1574,7 +1576,6 @@ class Create extends \Magento\Framework\DataObject implements \Magento\Checkout\
         $this->getQuote()->updateCustomerData($customer);
         $data = [];
 
-        $customerData = $this->customerMapper->toFlatArray($customer);
         foreach ($form->getAttributes() as $attribute) {
             $code = sprintf('customer_%s', $attribute->getAttributeCode());
             $data[$code] = isset($customerData[$attribute->getAttributeCode()])
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Test/Unit/Model/AdminOrder/CreateTest.php b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Test/Unit/Model/AdminOrder/CreateTest.php
index 6c02813d2cdf8f5876caf08d6f20700e183250bf..677e7f48af3173020dbb1e2f07913abcee09f5e8 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Test/Unit/Model/AdminOrder/CreateTest.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Test/Unit/Model/AdminOrder/CreateTest.php
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ class CreateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      */
     protected $accountManagementMock;
 
+    /**
+     * @var \Magento\Framework\Api\DataObjectHelper|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+     */
+    protected $dataObjectHelper;
+
     /**
      * @var \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
      */
@@ -171,6 +176,9 @@ class CreateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             '',
             false
         );
+        $this->dataObjectHelper = $this->getMockBuilder('Magento\Framework\Api\DataObjectHelper')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
 
         $objectManagerHelper = new ObjectManagerHelper($this);
         $this->adminOrderCreate = $objectManagerHelper->getObject(
@@ -195,6 +203,7 @@ class CreateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                 'customerMapper' => $this->customerMapper,
                 'objectFactory' => $this->objectFactory,
                 'accountManagement' => $this->accountManagementMock,
+                'dataObjectHelper' => $this->dataObjectHelper,
             ]
         );
     }
@@ -242,8 +251,11 @@ class CreateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             ->will($this->returnValue($this->getMock('Magento\Framework\App\RequestInterface')));
 
         $customerMock = $this->getMock('Magento\Customer\Api\Data\CustomerInterface', [], [], '', false);
-        $this->customerMapper->expects($this->any())->method('toFlatArray')
-            ->will($this->returnValue(['email' => 'user@example.com', 'group_id' => 1]));
+        $this->customerMapper->expects($this->atLeastOnce())
+            ->method('toFlatArray')
+            ->willReturn(['email' => 'user@example.com', 'group_id' => 1, 'gender' => 1]);
+
+
         $quoteMock = $this->getMock('Magento\Quote\Model\Quote', [], [], '', false);
         $quoteMock->expects($this->any())->method('getCustomer')->will($this->returnValue($customerMock));
         $quoteMock->expects($this->once())
@@ -255,6 +267,13 @@ class CreateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                 'customer_tax_class_id' => $taxClassId
             ]
         );
+        $this->dataObjectHelper->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('populateWithArray')
+            ->with(
+                $customerMock,
+                ['email' => 'user@example.com', 'group_id' => 1, 'gender' => 1],
+                '\Magento\Customer\Api\Data\CustomerInterface'
+            );
 
         $this->formFactoryMock->expects($this->any())->method('create')->will($this->returnValue($customerFormMock));
         $this->sessionQuoteMock->expects($this->any())->method('getQuote')->will($this->returnValue($quoteMock));