diff --git a/src/app/core/json-patch/builder/json-patch-operations-builder.ts b/src/app/core/json-patch/builder/json-patch-operations-builder.ts
index 7ce0358ab2..3755821bf9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/json-patch/builder/json-patch-operations-builder.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/json-patch/builder/json-patch-operations-builder.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { CoreState } from '../../core.reducers';
-import { NewPatchAddOperationAction, NewPatchMoveOperationAction, NewPatchRemoveOperationAction, NewPatchReplaceOperationAction } from '../json-patch-operations.actions';
+import {
+  NewPatchAddOperationAction,
+  NewPatchMoveOperationAction,
+  NewPatchRemoveOperationAction,
+  NewPatchReplaceOperationAction
+} from '../json-patch-operations.actions';
 import { JsonPatchOperationPathObject } from './json-patch-operation-path-combiner';
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { hasNoValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasNoValue, hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { dateToISOFormat } from '../../../shared/date.util';
 import { VocabularyEntry } from '../../submission/vocabularies/models/vocabulary-entry.model';
 import { FormFieldMetadataValueObject } from '../../../shared/form/builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model';
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ export class JsonPatchOperationsBuilder {
 
   protected prepareValue(value: any, plain: boolean, first: boolean) {
     let operationValue: any = null;
-    if (isNotEmpty(value)) {
+    if (hasValue(value)) {
       if (plain) {
         operationValue = value;
       } else {