diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/DynamicField.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/DynamicField.pm
index b6f9f76e7..10070830f 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/DynamicField.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/DynamicField.pm
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ sub new {
 	##List type forms.  Historically, dynamically created forms have always
 	##used the default size.
 	if ($formObj->isa('WebGUI::Form::List')) {
-		$formObj->correctValues();
+		$formObj->correctValues($param->{value});
 		$formObj->correctOptions($param->{possibleValues});
 	}
 	elsif ($size) {
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/List.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/List.pm
index 88d9a4eea..a1a04acb0 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/List.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/List.pm
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ method.
 =cut
 
 sub correctValues {
-	my ($self) = @_;
-	return unless defined $self->{value};
+	my ($self, $value) = @_;
+	return unless defined $value;
 	my @defaultValues;
-	foreach (split(/\n/, $self->{value})) {
+	foreach (split(/\n/, $value)) {
 			s/\s+$//; # remove trailing spaces
 			push(@defaultValues, $_);
 	}