diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-frontend/members.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-frontend/members.test.js
index 7fa3fa7fd3..a35c322e21 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-frontend/members.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-frontend/members.test.js
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ describe('Front-end members behavior', function () {
             getJsonResponse.newsletters.should.have.length(1);
 
             // Can update newsletter subscription
+            const originalNewsletters = getJsonResponse.newsletters;
+
             const res = await request.put(`/members/api/member/newsletters?uuid=${memberUUID}`)
                 .send({
                     newsletters: []
@@ -198,6 +200,18 @@ describe('Front-end members behavior', function () {
             jsonResponse.should.have.properties(['email', 'uuid', 'status', 'name', 'newsletters']);
             jsonResponse.should.not.have.property('id');
             jsonResponse.newsletters.should.have.length(0);
+
+            const resRestored = await request.put(`/members/api/member/newsletters?uuid=${memberUUID}`)
+                .send({
+                    newsletters: originalNewsletters
+                })
+                .expect(200);
+
+            const restoreJsonResponse = resRestored.body;
+            should.exist(restoreJsonResponse);
+            restoreJsonResponse.should.have.properties(['email', 'uuid', 'status', 'name', 'newsletters']);
+            restoreJsonResponse.should.not.have.property('id');
+            restoreJsonResponse.newsletters.should.have.length(1);
         });
 
         it('should serve theme 404 on members endpoint', async function () {
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/member.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/member.js
index 982d3b051f..b40726354f 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/member.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/member.js
@@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ module.exports = class MemberRepository {
             'expertise'
         ]);
 
+        if (data.newsletters) {
+            data.newsletters = data.newsletters.map(newsletter => ({
+                id: newsletter.id
+            }));
+        }
+
         // Trim whitespaces from expertise
         if (memberData.expertise) {
             memberData.expertise = memberData.expertise.trim();