diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/ObjectPropertyTemplateModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/ObjectPropertyTemplateModel.java
index 48324a171..d8893c187 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/ObjectPropertyTemplateModel.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/ObjectPropertyTemplateModel.java
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ public abstract class ObjectPropertyTemplateModel extends PropertyTemplateModel
                  * postprocessing phase, check the editing policy, and  remove the statement if it's not editable. We would not
                  * preprocess the query, as here.
                  */
-                boolean criticalDataRequired = editing;
+                boolean criticalDataRequired = !editing;
                 NodeList children = selectQueryNode.getChildNodes();
                 int childCount = children.getLength();
                 value = "";