From abc42b5438dd64a4b5856d0a190787d1abc18d9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Warren Buckley <warren@umbraco.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:26:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #9215 from
 umbraco/v8/bugfix/9129-keep-model-value-reference-after-empty

9129 keep model value reference after empty
---
 .../blocklist/umbBlockListPropertyEditor.component.js         | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/blocklist/umbBlockListPropertyEditor.component.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/blocklist/umbBlockListPropertyEditor.component.js
index 401ecc3a63..a162814f52 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/blocklist/umbBlockListPropertyEditor.component.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/blocklist/umbBlockListPropertyEditor.component.js
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@
 
             // We need to ensure that the property model value is an object, this is needed for modelObject to recive a reference and keep that updated.
             if (typeof newVal !== 'object' || newVal === null) {// testing if we have null or undefined value or if the value is set to another type than Object.
-                newVal = {};
+                vm.model.value = newVal = {};
             }
 
-            modelObject.update(newVal, $scope);
+            modelObject.update(vm.model.value, $scope);
             onLoaded();
         }