diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanProperty.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanProperty.java
index 919c9bb83..621af0612 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanProperty.java
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ public class DeployBeanProperty {
   public void setDraftDirty() {
     this.draftOnly = true;
     this.draftDirty = true;
+    this.nullable = false;
   }
 
   public boolean isDraftDirty() {