diff --git a/src/app/tags/tags.component.ts b/src/app/tags/tags.component.ts
index c1319c43b8..c489ba87ee 100644
--- a/src/app/tags/tags.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/tags/tags.component.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ export abstract class TagsComponent<T extends Taggable> {
       return;
     }
 
-    Observable.of(null)
+    this.tagService.create({
+      resourceIds: tagEditAction.oldTag.resourceid,
+      resourceType: tagEditAction.oldTag.resourcetype,
+      'tags[0].key': tagEditAction.newTag.key,
+      'tags[0].value': tagEditAction.newTag.value
+    })
       .switchMap(() => {
         return this.tagService.remove({
           resourceIds: tagEditAction.oldTag.resourceid,
@@ -52,14 +57,6 @@ export abstract class TagsComponent<T extends Taggable> {
           'tags[0].value': tagEditAction.oldTag.value
         });
       })
-      .switchMap(() => {
-        return this.tagService.create({
-          resourceIds: tagEditAction.oldTag.resourceid,
-          resourceType: tagEditAction.oldTag.resourcetype,
-          'tags[0].key': tagEditAction.newTag.key,
-          'tags[0].value': tagEditAction.newTag.value
-        });
-      })
       .subscribe(
         res => this.onTagEdit.emit(tagEditAction),
         error => this.onError(error)