diff --git a/ui/widgets/itemhistory/includes/CWidgetFieldColumnsList.php b/ui/widgets/itemhistory/includes/CWidgetFieldColumnsList.php
index d30ef0f58be..70f92a6640d 100644
--- a/ui/widgets/itemhistory/includes/CWidgetFieldColumnsList.php
+++ b/ui/widgets/itemhistory/includes/CWidgetFieldColumnsList.php
@@ -77,14 +77,16 @@ class CWidgetFieldColumnsList extends CWidgetField {
 		return $items_names;
 	}
 
-	public function setValue($value): self {
+	public function setValue($value, $validated = false): self {
 		$columns = (array) $value;
 
-		$columns = $columns
-			? array_filter($columns, static function ($column) {
-				return array_key_exists('itemid', $column) && $column['itemid'] !== '';
-			})
-			: [];
+		if ($validated) {
+			$columns = $columns
+				? array_filter($columns, static function ($column) {
+					return array_key_exists('itemid', $column) && $column['itemid'] !== '';
+				})
+				: [];
+		}
 
 		$this->value = $columns;
 
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ class CWidgetFieldColumnsList extends CWidgetField {
 
 		$columns_values = $this->getValue();
 
-		$this->setValue($columns_values);
+		$this->setValue($columns_values, true);
 
 		return [];
 	}