diff --git a/src/account-settings/coaching/CoachingConsent.jsx b/src/account-settings/coaching/CoachingConsent.jsx
index c4889ad..3a91095 100644
--- a/src/account-settings/coaching/CoachingConsent.jsx
+++ b/src/account-settings/coaching/CoachingConsent.jsx
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ class CoachingConsent extends React.Component {
     const coachingValues = this.props.formValues.coaching;
 
     // These will overwrite each other's redux states (see componentDidUpdate note)
-    this.props.saveSettings('name', fullName);
-    this.props.saveSettings('phone_number', phoneNumber);
-    this.props.saveSettings('coaching', {
+    await this.props.saveSettings('coaching', {
       ...coachingValues,
       phone_number: phoneNumber,
       coaching_consent: true,
       consent_form_seen: true,
     });
+    await this.props.saveSettings('name', fullName);
+    await this.props.saveSettings('phone_number', phoneNumber);
   }
 
   async declineCoaching(e) {
diff --git a/src/account-settings/coaching/data/service.js b/src/account-settings/coaching/data/service.js
index 3b6ce16..1a71371 100644
--- a/src/account-settings/coaching/data/service.js
+++ b/src/account-settings/coaching/data/service.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { getAuthenticatedHttpClient } from '@edx/frontend-platform/auth';
 import { getConfig } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import get from 'lodash.get';
 
 /**
  * get all settings related to the coaching plugin. Settings used
@@ -39,9 +40,11 @@ export async function patchCoachingPreferences(userId, commitValues) {
     .catch((error) => {
       const apiError = Object.create(error);
       apiError.fieldErrors = JSON.parse(error.customAttributes.httpErrorResponseData);
-      // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
-      apiError.fieldErrors.coaching = apiError.fieldErrors.phone_number[0];
-      delete apiError.fieldErrors.phone_number;
+      if (get(apiError, 'fieldErrors.phone_number')) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
+        apiError.fieldErrors.coaching = apiError.fieldErrors.phone_number[0];
+        delete apiError.fieldErrors.phone_number;
+      }
       throw apiError;
     });
   return commitValues;