diff --git a/ui/app/components/secret-edit.js b/ui/app/components/secret-edit.js
index 4b0e684778a3..0c93414bc388 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/secret-edit.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/secret-edit.js
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ export default Component.extend(FocusOnInsertMixin, {
       if (noErrors) {
         try {
           this.secretData.fromJSONString(val);
+          set(this.modelForData, 'secretData', this.secretData.toJSON());
         } catch (e) {
           this.set('error', e.message);
         }