diff --git a/Modules/Test/classes/class.ilTestPlayerAbstractGUI.php b/Modules/Test/classes/class.ilTestPlayerAbstractGUI.php
index 0eca9dc7d22b..63f61fe5f26d 100755
--- a/Modules/Test/classes/class.ilTestPlayerAbstractGUI.php
+++ b/Modules/Test/classes/class.ilTestPlayerAbstractGUI.php
@@ -2897,7 +2897,8 @@ protected function populateQuestionEditControl($questionGUI)
 		// set the initial state of the question
 		$state = $questionGUI->object->lookupForExistingSolutions($this->testSession->getActiveId(), $this->testSession->getPass());
 		$config['isAnswered'] = $state['authorized'];
-		$config['isAnswerChanged'] = $state['intermediate'] || $this->getAnswerChangedParameter();
+		$hadSaveError = isset($_GET['save_error']) && $_GET['save_error'] == 1;
+		$config['isAnswerChanged'] = $state['intermediate'] || $this->getAnswerChangedParameter() || $hadSaveError;
 
 		// set  url to which the for should be submitted when the working time is over
 		// don't use asynch url because the form is submitted directly