diff --git a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapability.js b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapability.js
index 8d39b61992..04eb83d7c6 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapability.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapability.js
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ define(
                 cache.markDirty(editableObject);
             };
 
+            // Delegate refresh to the original object; this avoids refreshing
+            // the editable instance of the object, and ensures that refresh
+            // correctly targets the "real" version of the object.
+            persistence.refresh = function () {
+                return domainObject.getCapability('persistence').refresh();
+            };
+
             return persistence;
         }
 
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditorCapability.js b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditorCapability.js
index 6c1407aa17..666790601b 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditorCapability.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditorCapability.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ define(
 
             // Persist the underlying domain object
             function doPersist() {
-                return persistenceCapability.persist();
+                return domainObject.getCapability('persistence').persist();
             }
 
             return {
diff --git a/platform/persistence/queue/src/PersistenceFailureHandler.js b/platform/persistence/queue/src/PersistenceFailureHandler.js
index 9175b2f85e..112dba3593 100644
--- a/platform/persistence/queue/src/PersistenceFailureHandler.js
+++ b/platform/persistence/queue/src/PersistenceFailureHandler.js
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ define(
 
             // Discard changes for a failed refresh
             function discard(failure) {
-                return failure.persistence.refresh(true);
+                var persistence =
+                    failure.domainObject.getCapability('persistence');
+                return persistence.refresh();
             }
 
             // Discard changes associated with a failed save