diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/calendar.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/calendar.js
index 1f312e813d..2b335ec9bc 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/calendar.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/calendar.js
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     }).on("change", function () {
         if (!is_valid_date($(this).val())) {
             $(this).val("");
+        } else {
+            $(this).datepicker("setDate",$(this).val());
         }
     });
     // http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#date-range