diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
index 60d770086c..dfec807631 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
@@ -2459,6 +2459,7 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 
 		// allow other apps to add tabs to addressbook edit
 		$preserve = $content;
+		$preserve['old_owner'] = $content['owner'];
 		unset($preserve['jpegphoto'], $content['jpegphoto']);	// unused and messes up json encoding (not utf-8)
 		$this->tmpl->setElementAttribute('tabs', 'add_tabs', true);
 		$tabs =& $this->tmpl->getElementAttribute('tabs', 'tabs');