I'm trying to insert a new object into my database using LINQ to SQL but get a NullReferenceException when I call InsertOnSubmit() in the code snippet below. I'm passing in a derived class called FileUploadAudit, and all properties on the object are set.

public void Save(Audit audit)
{
    try
    {                
        using (ULNDataClassesDataContext dataContext = this.Connection.GetContext())
        {
            if (audit.AuditID > 0)
            {
                throw new RepositoryException(RepositoryExceptionCode.EntityAlreadyExists, string.Format("An audit entry with ID {0} already exists and cannot be updated.", audit.AuditID));
            }

            dataContext.Audits.InsertOnSubmit(audit);
            dataContext.SubmitChanges();
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        if (ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IExceptionHandler>().HandleException(ex))
        {
            throw;
        }
    }           
}

Here's the stack trace:

at System.Data.Linq.Table`1.InsertOnSubmit(TEntity entity)
at XXXX.XXXX.Repository.AuditRepository.Save(Audit audit) 
C:\XXXX\AuditRepository.cs:line 25"

I've added to the Audit class like this:

public partial class Audit
{ 
    public Audit(string message, ULNComponent component) : this()
    {
        this.Message = message;
        this.DateTimeRecorded = DateTime.Now;
        this.SetComponent(component);
        this.ServerName = Environment.MachineName;
    }           
    public bool IsError { get; set; }     
    public void SetComponent(ULNComponent component)
    {
        this.Component = Enum.GetName(typeof(ULNComponent), component);
    }
}

And the derived FileUploadAudit looks like this:

public class FileUploadAudit : Audit
{ 
    public FileUploadAudit(string message, ULNComponent component, Guid fileGuid, string originalFilename, string physicalFilename, HttpPostedFileBase postedFile)
        : base(message, component)
    {
        this.FileGuid = fileGuid;
        this.OriginalFilename = originalFilename;
        this.PhysicalFileName = physicalFilename;
        this.PostedFile = postedFile;
        this.ValidationErrors = new List<string>();
    }
    public Guid FileGuid { get; set; }
    public string OriginalFilename { get; set; }
    public string PhysicalFileName { get; set; }
    public HttpPostedFileBase PostedFile { get; set; }
    public IList<string> ValidationErrors { get; set; }
}

Any ideas what the problem is? The closest question I could find to mine is here but my partial Audit class is calling the parameterless constructor in the generated code, and I still get the problem.

UPDATE:

This problem only occurs when I pass in the derived FileUploadAudit class, the Audit class works fine. The Audit class is generated as a linq to sql class and there are no Properties mapped to database fields in the derived class.