diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataverseFacetServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataverseFacetServiceBean.java
index 804f1fe2943..56f522fa816 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataverseFacetServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataverseFacetServiceBean.java
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ public DataverseFacet create(int displayOrder, DatasetFieldType fieldType, Datav
         dataverseFacet.setDisplayOrder(displayOrder);
         dataverseFacet.setDatasetFieldType(fieldType);
         dataverseFacet.setDataverse(ownerDv);
-
-        em.persist(dataverseFacet);
         ownerDv.getDataverseFacets().add(dataverseFacet);
+        em.persist(dataverseFacet);
+
         cache.invalidate(ownerDv.getId());
         return dataverseFacet;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/AbstractWriteDataverseCommand.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/AbstractWriteDataverseCommand.java
index 2a8bb18a942..91f3a5b823c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/AbstractWriteDataverseCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/AbstractWriteDataverseCommand.java
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ private void processInputLevels(CommandContext ctxt) {
                 dataverse.addInputLevelsMetadataBlocksIfNotPresent(inputLevels);
             }
             ctxt.fieldTypeInputLevels().deleteFacetsFor(dataverse);
-            dataverse.setDataverseFieldTypeInputLevels(new ArrayList<>());
             inputLevels.forEach(inputLevel -> {
                 inputLevel.setDataverse(dataverse);
                 ctxt.fieldTypeInputLevels().create(inputLevel);