diff --git a/web/client/components/maps/modals/MetadataModal.jsx b/web/client/components/maps/modals/MetadataModal.jsx
index d16cb0f1f6..4fbf1d50b1 100644
--- a/web/client/components/maps/modals/MetadataModal.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/maps/modals/MetadataModal.jsx
@@ -291,9 +291,7 @@ const MetadataModal = React.createClass({
     },
     isMetadataChanged() {
         return this.props.map && (
-            this.props.map.description !== undefined &&
             this.props.metadata.description !== this.props.map.description ||
-            this.props.map.name !== undefined &&
             this.props.metadata.name !== this.props.map.name
         );
     },