diff --git a/sapl/base/forms.py b/sapl/base/forms.py
index 15c4edc10..e56dd7a3b 100644
--- a/sapl/base/forms.py
+++ b/sapl/base/forms.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ class UserAdminForm(ModelForm):
                 ('groups', 12),
 
             ] + ([('user_permissions', 12)] if not self.granular is None else [])
+
         )
 
         self.helper = SaplFormHelper()
@@ -185,11 +186,15 @@ class UserAdminForm(ModelForm):
             self.instance.set_password(self.cleaned_data['new_password1'])
 
         votante = None
+        permissions = None
         if self.instance.id:
             inst_old = get_user_model().objects.get(pk=self.instance.pk)
             votante = inst_old.groups.filter(name='Votante').first()
             autor = inst_old.groups.filter(name='Autor').first()
 
+            if self.granular is None:
+                permissions = list(inst_old.user_permissions.all())
+
         inst_new = super().save(commit)
 
         if votante:
@@ -198,6 +203,9 @@ class UserAdminForm(ModelForm):
         if autor:
             inst_new.groups.add(autor)
 
+        if permissions:
+            inst_new.user_permissions.add(*permissions)
+
         return inst_new
 
     def clean(self):