diff --git a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapability.js b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapability.js
index 42b08c72b1..92d29f66ad 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapability.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapability.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ define(
             // Simply trigger refresh of in-view objects; do not
             // write anything to database.
             persistence.persist = function () {
-                cache.markDirty(editableObject);
+                return cache.markDirty(editableObject);
             };
 
             // Delegate refresh to the original object; this avoids refreshing
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/objects/EditableDomainObjectCache.js b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/objects/EditableDomainObjectCache.js
index 88a154d79b..01854cfda5 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/edit/src/objects/EditableDomainObjectCache.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/edit/src/objects/EditableDomainObjectCache.js
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ define(
          */
         EditableDomainObjectCache.prototype.markDirty = function (domainObject) {
             this.dirtyObjects[domainObject.getId()] = domainObject;
+            return this.$q.when(true);
         };
 
         /**