diff --git a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/input-masked/InputMaskedUtils.js b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/input-masked/InputMaskedUtils.js
index 2c7bd1e551c..212ab201d76 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/input-masked/InputMaskedUtils.js
+++ b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/input-masked/InputMaskedUtils.js
@@ -104,8 +104,24 @@ export const correctNumberValue = ({
 
   if (localValue !== null) {
     const localNumberValue = localValue.replace(/[^\d,.]/g, '')
-
-    if (localNumberValue.startsWith('0')) {
+    const numberValue = value.replace(/[^\d,.]/g, '')
+
+    /**
+     * If the user removes a leading digit and we have left a leading zero.
+     *
+     * The users enters these steps:
+     * Step 1. 1012
+     * Step 2. 012 -> user removes 1, now use "localValue"
+     * Step 3. 2012
+     *
+     * If a dev listens on_change and sends the number value back in,
+     * for this, we also ensure that "numberValue" and "localNumberValue" is the same.
+     */
+    if (
+      localNumberValue !== '0' &&
+      localNumberValue.startsWith('0') &&
+      parseFloat(numberValue) === parseFloat(localNumberValue)
+    ) {
       value = localValue
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/input-masked/__tests__/InputMasked.test.js b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/input-masked/__tests__/InputMasked.test.js
index 320b3f79ab9..397a25ed718 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/input-masked/__tests__/InputMasked.test.js
+++ b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/input-masked/__tests__/InputMasked.test.js
@@ -282,6 +282,23 @@ describe('InputMasked component', () => {
     expect(Comp.find('input').instance().value).toBe('NOK 0 012,01 kr')
   })
 
+  it('should update value when value has leading zero', () => {
+    const Comp = mount(
+      <Component
+        value={0.1}
+        number_mask={{
+          allowDecimal: true,
+        }}
+      />
+    )
+
+    expect(Comp.find('input').instance().value).toBe('0,1')
+
+    Comp.setProps({ value: 1234 })
+
+    expect(Comp.find('input').instance().value).toBe('1 234')
+  })
+
   it('should not set leading zero when entering decimal separator', () => {
     const onKeyDown = jest.fn()
     const preventDefault = jest.fn()