diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_bo.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_bo.inc.php
index b0d1e420a7..916b07efdc 100755
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_bo.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_bo.inc.php
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ class addressbook_bo extends addressbook_so
 		}
 		$to_write = $contact;
 		// (non-admin) user editing his own account, make sure he does not change fields he is not allowed to (eg. via SyncML or xmlrpc)
-		if (!$ignore_acl && !$contact['owner'] && !$this->is_admin($contact))
+		if (!$ignore_acl && !$contact['owner'] && !($this->is_admin($contact) || $this->allow_account_edit()))
 		{
 			foreach($contact as $field => $value)
 			{
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ class addressbook_bo extends addressbook_so
 					// user is not allowed to change that
 					if ($old)
 					{
-						$to_write[$field] = $old[$field];
+						$to_write[$field] = $contact[$field] = $old[$field];
 					}
 					else
 					{
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_so.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_so.inc.php
index 7d24286934..2dc7ee7895 100755
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_so.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_so.inc.php
@@ -351,9 +351,7 @@ class addressbook_so
 				if (!$GLOBALS['egw']->acl->check('account_access',32,'admin')) $grants[0] |= EGW_ACL_DELETE;
 			}
 			// allow certain groups to edit contact-data of accounts
-			if ($GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['allow_account_edit'] &&
-				array_intersect($GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['allow_account_edit'],
-					$GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->memberships($user, true)))
+			if (self::allow_account_edit($user))
 			{
 				$grants[0] |= EGW_ACL_READ|EGW_ACL_EDIT;
 			}
@@ -379,6 +377,19 @@ class addressbook_so
 		return isset($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['apps']['admin']) && !$GLOBALS['egw']->acl->check('account_access',16,'admin');
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if current user is in a group, which is allowed to edit accounts
+	 *
+	 * @param int $user =null default $this->user
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	function allow_account_edit($user=null)
+	{
+		return $GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['allow_account_edit'] &&
+			array_intersect($GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['allow_account_edit'],
+				$GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->memberships($user ? $user : $this->user, true));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Read all customfields of the given id's
 	 *