diff --git a/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs b/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs
index 6348fc07ee..dd569c6ad1 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ namespace umbraco.providers.members
             m.ChangePassword(
                 FormatPasswordForStorage(encodedPassword, salt));
 
-            UpdateMemberProperty(m, _lastPasswordChangedPropertyTypeAlias, DateTime.Now);
+            UpdateMemberProperty(m, _lastPasswordChangedPropertyTypeAlias, DateTime.Now);
+
+            m.Save();
 
             return true;
         }
@@ -587,7 +589,9 @@ namespace umbraco.providers.members
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_lastPasswordChangedPropertyTypeAlias) == false)
             {
                 UpdateMemberProperty(m, _lastPasswordChangedPropertyTypeAlias, DateTime.Now);
-            }
+            }
+
+            m.Save();
 
             return newPassword;
         }
@@ -607,6 +611,7 @@ namespace umbraco.providers.members
                 if (m != null)
                 {
                     UpdateMemberProperty(m, _lockPropertyTypeAlias, 0);
+                    m.Save();
                     return true;
                 }
                 throw new Exception(String.Format("No member with the username '{0}' found", userName));