diff --git a/cms/static/js/certificates/models/certificate.js b/cms/static/js/certificates/models/certificate.js
index 1c12f70f35..ec6dfff1fa 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/certificates/models/certificate.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/certificates/models/certificate.js
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ function (_, str, Backbone, BackboneRelational, BackboneAssociations, gettext, C
             // Remember the current state of this model (enables edit->cancel use cases)
             this._originalAttributes = this.parse(this.toJSON());
 
+            this.get("signatories").each(function (modelSignatory) {
+                modelSignatory.setOriginalAttributes();
+            });
+
             // If no url is defined for the signatories child collection we'll need to create that here as well
             if(!this.isNew() && !this.get('signatories').url) {
                 this.get('signatories').url = this.collection.url + '/' + this.get('id') + '/signatories';
diff --git a/cms/static/js/certificates/views/signatory_details.js b/cms/static/js/certificates/views/signatory_details.js
index 4892e994f0..4f2e341bb8 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/certificates/views/signatory_details.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/certificates/views/signatory_details.js
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ function ($, _, str, Backbone, gettext, TemplateUtils, ViewUtils, BaseView, Sign
                     actionableModel.save({}, {
                         success: function() {
                             actionableModel.setOriginalAttributes();
-                            self.model.setOriginalAttributes();
                             dfd.resolve();
                             self.closeSignatoryEditView();
                         }.bind(this)