diff --git a/src/EditModel/form-helpers/extractFirstErrorMessageFromServer.js b/src/EditModel/form-helpers/extractFirstErrorMessageFromServer.js
index 6bc750ebf..98d33dbf5 100644
--- a/src/EditModel/form-helpers/extractFirstErrorMessageFromServer.js
+++ b/src/EditModel/form-helpers/extractFirstErrorMessageFromServer.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export default function extractFirstErrorMessageFromServer(response) {
     const messages = [
         extractFirstMessageFromErrorReports(response),
         extractFirstMessageFromMessages(response),
+        response.message
     ];
 
     return firstNotUndefinedIn(messages);