diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
index da5a620d1a..efd410713f 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       expect(comp.sectionData.errorsToShow).toEqual([]);
       expect(comp.sectionData.data).toEqual(sectionData);
       expect(comp.isLoading).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(comp.initForm).toHaveBeenCalledWith(sectionData);
+      expect(comp.initForm).toHaveBeenCalledWith(sectionData, [], []);
       expect(comp.subscriptions).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       formBuilderService.modelFromConfiguration.and.returnValue(testFormModel);
       const sectionData = {};
 
-      comp.initForm(sectionData);
+      comp.initForm(sectionData, [], []);
 
       expect(comp.formModel).toEqual(testFormModel);
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
         path: '/sections/' + sectionObject.id,
       };
 
-      comp.initForm(sectionData);
+      comp.initForm(sectionData, [], []);
 
       expect(comp.formModel).toBeUndefined();
       expect(sectionsServiceStub.setSectionError).toHaveBeenCalledWith(submissionId, sectionObject.id, sectionError);
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       compAsAny.formData = {};
       compAsAny.sectionMetadata = ['dc.title'];
 
-      comp.updateForm(sectionData, sectionError);
+      comp.updateForm({ data: sectionData, errorsToShow: sectionError } as any);
 
       expect(comp.isUpdating).toBeFalsy();
       expect(comp.initForm).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -476,15 +476,19 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
     it('should update form error properly', () => {
       spyOn(comp, 'initForm');
       spyOn(comp, 'checksForErrors');
-      const sectionData: any = {
+      const sectionData = {
         'dc.title': [new FormFieldMetadataValueObject('test')],
       };
+      const sectionState = {
+        data: sectionData,
+        errorsToShow: [{ path: '/test', message: 'test' }],
+      } as any;
       comp.sectionData.data = {};
       comp.sectionData.errorsToShow = [];
       compAsAny.formData = sectionData;
       compAsAny.sectionMetadata = ['dc.title'];
 
-      comp.updateForm(sectionData, parsedSectionErrors);
+      comp.updateForm(sectionState);
 
       expect(comp.initForm).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(comp.checksForErrors).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -495,8 +499,9 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       spyOn(comp, 'initForm');
       spyOn(comp, 'checksForErrors');
       const sectionData: any = {};
+      const sectionErrors: any = [{ path: '/test', message: 'test' }];
 
-      comp.updateForm(sectionData, parsedSectionErrors);
+      comp.updateForm({ data: sectionData, errorsToShow: sectionErrors } as any);
 
       expect(comp.initForm).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(comp.checksForErrors).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -562,7 +567,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
       const sectionState = {
         data: sectionData,
         errorsToShow: parsedSectionErrors,
-      };
+      } as any;
 
       formService.getFormData.and.returnValue(observableOf(formData));
       sectionsServiceStub.getSectionState.and.returnValue(observableOf(sectionState));
@@ -571,7 +576,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
 
       expect(compAsAny.subs.length).toBe(2);
       expect(compAsAny.formData).toEqual(formData);
-      expect(comp.updateForm).toHaveBeenCalledWith(sectionState.data, sectionState.errorsToShow);
+      expect(comp.updateForm).toHaveBeenCalledWith(sectionState);
 
     });
 
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
index 4173ad1a0b..0a4c00f0e8 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
           this.submissionObject = submissionObject;
           this.isSectionReadonly = isSectionReadOnly;
           // Is the first loading so init form
-          this.initForm(sectionData);
+          this.initForm(sectionData, this.sectionData.errorsToShow, this.sectionData.serverValidationErrors);
           this.sectionData.data = sectionData;
           this.subscriptions();
           this.isLoading = false;
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
    * @param sectionData
    *    the section data retrieved from the server
    */
-  initForm(sectionData: WorkspaceitemSectionFormObject): void {
+  initForm(sectionData: WorkspaceitemSectionFormObject, errorsToShow: SubmissionSectionError[], serverValidationErrors: SubmissionSectionError[]): void {
     try {
       this.formModel = this.formBuilderService.modelFromConfiguration(
         this.submissionId,
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
         this.isSectionReadonly,
       );
       const sectionMetadata = this.sectionService.computeSectionConfiguredMetadata(this.formConfig);
-      this.sectionService.updateSectionData(this.submissionId, this.sectionData.id, sectionData, this.sectionData.errorsToShow, this.sectionData.serverValidationErrors, sectionMetadata);
+      this.sectionService.updateSectionData(this.submissionId, this.sectionData.id, sectionData, errorsToShow, serverValidationErrors, sectionMetadata);
     } catch (e) {
       const msg: string = this.translate.instant('error.submission.sections.init-form-error') + e.toString();
       const sectionError: SubmissionSectionError = {
@@ -356,12 +356,13 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
   /**
    * Update form model
    *
-   * @param sectionData
-   *    the section data retrieved from the server
-   * @param errors
-   *    the section errors retrieved from the server
+   * @param sectionState
+   *    the section state retrieved from the server
    */
-  updateForm(sectionData: WorkspaceitemSectionFormObject, errors: SubmissionSectionError[]): void {
+  updateForm(sectionState: SubmissionSectionObject): void {
+
+    const sectionData = sectionState.data as WorkspaceitemSectionFormObject;
+    const errors = sectionState.errorsToShow;
 
     if (isNotEmpty(sectionData) && !isEqual(sectionData, this.sectionData.data)) {
       this.sectionData.data = sectionData;
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
         this.isUpdating = true;
         this.formModel = null;
         this.cdr.detectChanges();
-        this.initForm(sectionData);
+        this.initForm(sectionData, errors, sectionState.serverValidationErrors);
         this.checksForErrors(errors);
         this.isUpdating = false;
         this.cdr.detectChanges();
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
         .subscribe((sectionState: SubmissionSectionObject) => {
           this.fieldsOnTheirWayToBeRemoved = new Map();
           this.sectionMetadata = sectionState.metadata;
-          this.updateForm(sectionState.data as WorkspaceitemSectionFormObject, sectionState.errorsToShow);
+          this.updateForm(sectionState);
         }),
     );
   }