diff --git a/src/survey.ts b/src/survey.ts
index 085f3113f1..07604b1378 100644
--- a/src/survey.ts
+++ b/src/survey.ts
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ export class SurveyModel extends SurveyElementCore
       this.onEditingObjPropertyChanged = (sender: Base, options: any) => {
         if (!Serializer.hasOriginalProperty(this.editingObj, options.name))
           return;
-        this.updateOnSetValue(options.name, options.newValue, options.oldValue);
+        this.updateOnSetValue(options.name, (<any>this.editingObj)[options.name], options.oldValue);
       };
       this.editingObj.onPropertyChanged.add(this.onEditingObjPropertyChanged);
     }
diff --git a/tests/editingObjectTests.ts b/tests/editingObjectTests.ts
index 649c92daea..590ba5e708 100644
--- a/tests/editingObjectTests.ts
+++ b/tests/editingObjectTests.ts
@@ -840,6 +840,8 @@ QUnit.test("Edit question string[] property type", function(assert) {
   dataListQuestion.value = "item1\nitem2\nitem3";
   assert.equal(question.dataList.length, 3, "There are three items now");
   assert.equal(question.dataList[2], "item3", "The third item is 'item3'");
+  question.locDataList.setLocaleText(null, "abc\ndef");
+  assert.equal(dataListQuestion.value, "abc\ndef", "Update edited question correctly");
 });
 QUnit.test("Edit custom array that returns values onGetValue", function(
   assert