diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/user-permissions/input-document-granular-user-permission/input-document-granular-user-permission.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/user-permissions/input-document-granular-user-permission/input-document-granular-user-permission.element.ts
index e66458cd5c..f2d34b04a3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/user-permissions/input-document-granular-user-permission/input-document-granular-user-permission.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/user-permissions/input-document-granular-user-permission/input-document-granular-user-permission.element.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ export class UmbInputDocumentGranularUserPermissionElement extends UUIFormContro
 		const name = item.variants[0]?.name;
 		const headline = name ? `Permissions for ${name}` : 'Permissions';
 		const fallbackVerbs = this.#getFallbackPermissionVerbsForEntityType(item.entityType);
+		const value = allowedVerbs.length > 0 ? { allowedVerbs } : undefined;
 		this.#entityUserPermissionModalContext = this.#modalManagerContext?.open(this, UMB_ENTITY_USER_PERMISSION_MODAL, {
 			data: {
 				unique: item.unique,
@@ -135,16 +136,16 @@ export class UmbInputDocumentGranularUserPermissionElement extends UUIFormContro
 					allowedVerbs: fallbackVerbs,
 				},
 			},
-			value: {
-				allowedVerbs: allowedVerbs,
-			},
+			value,
 		});
 
 		try {
+			// When the modal is submitted we return the new value from the modal
 			const value = await this.#entityUserPermissionModalContext?.onSubmit();
 			return value?.allowedVerbs;
 		} catch {
-			throw new Error();
+			// When the modal is rejected we return the current value
+			return allowedVerbs;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/user/user-permission/modals/settings/entity-user-permission-settings-modal.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/user/user-permission/modals/settings/entity-user-permission-settings-modal.element.ts
index a01df5aab1..f1c60d67af 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/user/user-permission/modals/settings/entity-user-permission-settings-modal.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/user/user-permission/modals/settings/entity-user-permission-settings-modal.element.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export class UmbEntityUserPermissionSettingsModalElement extends UmbModalBaseEle
 	override connectedCallback(): void {
 		super.connectedCallback();
 
-		if (this._preset?.allowedVerbs) {
-			this.updateValue({ allowedVerbs: this._preset?.allowedVerbs });
+		if (this._preset?.allowedVerbs && !this.value?.allowedVerbs) {
+			this.updateValue({ allowedVerbs: this._preset.allowedVerbs });
 		}
 	}