diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umblockedfield.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umblockedfield.directive.js
index a23515ab83..870a7d45d6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umblockedfield.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umblockedfield.directive.js
@@ -17,12 +17,18 @@
 	        // this ensures that the normal flow (i.e. a user editing the text box) occurs so that
             // the parsers, validators and viewchangelisteners execute
 	        scope.$watch("ngModel", function (newValue, oldValue) {
-                if (newValue !== oldValue) {
+	            if (newValue !== oldValue) {
+	                //Hack: in order for the pipeline to execute for setViewValue, the underlying $modelValue cannot
+	                // match the value being set with the newValue, so we'll se it to undefined first.
+	                // We could avoid this hack by setting the ngModel of the lockedField input field to a custom
+	                // scope object, but that would mean we'd have to watch that value too in order to set the outer
+                    // ngModelCtrl.$modelValue. It's seems like less overhead to just do this and not have 2x watches.
+	                scope.lockedFieldForm.lockedField.$modelValue = undefined;
                     scope.lockedFieldForm.lockedField.$setViewValue(newValue);
                     scope.lockedFieldForm.lockedField.$render();
                 }
 	        });
-
+	        
 			var input = el.find('.umb-locked-field__input');
 
 			function activate() {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/umb-locked-field.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/umb-locked-field.html
index 36f3d43dce..0ae19777f1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/umb-locked-field.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/umb-locked-field.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <input type="text"
          class="umb-locked-field__input"
          name="lockedField"
-         ng-model="inputModel"
+         ng-model="ngModel"
          ng-disabled="locked"
          ng-class="{'-unlocked': !locked}"
          placeholder="{{placeholderText}}"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
          umb-auto-resize
          required
          val-server-field="{{serverValidationField}}"
-         title="{{inputModel}}" />
+         title="{{ngModel}}" />
 
    </div>