diff --git a/.changeset/sour-jobs-decide.md b/.changeset/sour-jobs-decide.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1192bd376f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sour-jobs-decide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/admin-ui": patch
+"@medusajs/admin": patch
+"@medusajs/medusa": patch
+---
+
+fix(inventory): Minor fixes to upserting inventory items
diff --git a/packages/admin-ui/ui/src/components/organisms/product-variants-section/edit-variant-inventory-modal.tsx b/packages/admin-ui/ui/src/components/organisms/product-variants-section/edit-variant-inventory-modal.tsx
index 254bbfe42d..28a903bc46 100644
--- a/packages/admin-ui/ui/src/components/organisms/product-variants-section/edit-variant-inventory-modal.tsx
+++ b/packages/admin-ui/ui/src/components/organisms/product-variants-section/edit-variant-inventory-modal.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ const EditVariantInventoryModal = ({ onClose, product, variant }: Props) => {
     delete data.ean
     delete data.barcode
     delete data.upc
+    delete data.allow_backorder
 
     return removeNullish({
       ...updateDimensions,
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ const EditVariantInventoryModal = ({ onClose, product, variant }: Props) => {
 
     let inventoryItemId: string | undefined = itemId
 
-    const { ean, barcode, upc } = data
+    const { ean, barcode, upc, allow_backorder } = data
     const upsertPayload = createUpdateInventoryItemPayload(data)
     let shouldInvalidateCache = false
 
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ const EditVariantInventoryModal = ({ onClose, product, variant }: Props) => {
         ean,
         barcode,
         upc,
+        allow_backorder,
       }),
       () => {
         refetch()
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/inventory-items/transaction/create-inventory-item.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/inventory-items/transaction/create-inventory-item.ts
index 00a84bec97..38e770f4b4 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/inventory-items/transaction/create-inventory-item.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/inventory-items/transaction/create-inventory-item.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { IInventoryService, InventoryItemDTO } from "@medusajs/types"
 import { MedusaError } from "@medusajs/utils"
 import { EntityManager } from "typeorm"
 import { ulid } from "ulid"
-import { ProductVariant } from "../../../../../models"
 import {
   ProductVariantInventoryService,
   ProductVariantService,
@@ -74,19 +73,17 @@ export const createInventoryItemTransaction = async (
 
   const productVariantServiceTx = productVariantService.withTransaction(manager)
 
-  const variant = await productVariantServiceTx.retrieve(variantId)
-
   async function createInventoryItem(input: CreateInventoryItemInput) {
     return await inventoryService!.createInventoryItem({
-      sku: variant.sku,
-      origin_country: variant.origin_country,
-      hs_code: variant.hs_code,
-      mid_code: variant.mid_code,
-      material: variant.material,
-      weight: variant.weight,
-      length: variant.length,
-      height: variant.height,
-      width: variant.width,
+      sku: input.sku,
+      origin_country: input.origin_country,
+      hs_code: input.hs_code,
+      mid_code: input.mid_code,
+      material: input.material,
+      weight: input.weight,
+      length: input.length,
+      height: input.height,
+      width: input.width,
     })
   }
 
@@ -96,10 +93,9 @@ export const createInventoryItemTransaction = async (
     }
   }
 
-  async function attachInventoryItem(
-    variant: ProductVariant,
-    inventoryItem: InventoryItemDTO
-  ) {
+  async function attachInventoryItem(inventoryItem: InventoryItemDTO) {
+    const variant = await productVariantServiceTx.retrieve(variantId)
+
     if (!variant.manage_inventory) {
       return
     }
@@ -136,7 +132,7 @@ export const createInventoryItemTransaction = async (
         ) => {
           const { [actions.createInventoryItem]: inventoryItem } = invoke
 
-          return await attachInventoryItem(variant, inventoryItem)
+          return await attachInventoryItem(inventoryItem)
         },
       },
     }