diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/AssetVersioning.pm b/lib/WebGUI/AssetVersioning.pm
index 6e4f64ede..49dce78a0 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/AssetVersioning.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/AssetVersioning.pm
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ Sets a flag so that developers know whether to send notifications out on certain
 sub setSkipNotification {
 	my $self = shift;
 	$self->session->db->write("update assetData set skipNotification=1 where assetId=? and revisionDate=?", [$self->getId, $self->get("revisionDate")]);
+    $self->{_properties}->{skipNotification} = 1;
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/WikiMaster/subscribable.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/WikiMaster/subscribable.t
index 443009d5f..40a8d5d8b 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/WikiMaster/subscribable.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/WikiMaster/subscribable.t
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ok(
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # skip notification
 ok( !$wiki->get('skipNotification'), 'skipNotification defaults to false' );
-$wiki->setSkipNotification(1);
+$wiki->setSkipNotification();
 ok( $wiki->get('skipNotification'), 'setSkipNotification sets skipNotification' );
 
 # add revision