diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
index 7da90c8fb7..a2836a3b46 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
@@ -2801,7 +2801,7 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 		$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', 'extraTabs');
+		$tabs =& $this->tmpl->setElementAttribute('tabs', 'extraTabs');
 		if (($first_call = !isset($tabs)))
 		{
 			$tabs = array();
diff --git a/preferences/inc/class.preferences_password.inc.php b/preferences/inc/class.preferences_password.inc.php
index 90fea2220b..3984904cd5 100644
--- a/preferences/inc/class.preferences_password.inc.php
+++ b/preferences/inc/class.preferences_password.inc.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class preferences_password
 		];
 
 		$tmpl->setElementAttribute('tabs', 'add_tabs', true);
-		$tabs =& $tmpl->getElementAttribute('tabs', 'extraTabs');
+		$tabs =& $tmpl->setElementAttribute('tabs', 'extraTabs');
 		if (($first_call = !isset($tabs)))
 		{
 			$tabs = array();