diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/models/product.js b/ghost/core/core/server/models/product.js
index 9169f01632..b7f67f77e1 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/models/product.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/models/product.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const Product = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
                 return benefitToSave.name.toLowerCase() === existingBenefit.get('name').toLowerCase();
             });
             if (existingBenefitModel) {
-                benefitToSave.name = existingBenefitModel.get('name');
+                benefitToSave.id = existingBenefitModel.id;
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/tiers.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/tiers.test.js.snap
index 5a2cc3c491..c1c181f31a 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/tiers.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/tiers.test.js.snap
@@ -159,6 +159,84 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`Tiers API Can update a benefit's capitalization 1: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "tiers": Array [
+    Object {
+      "active": true,
+      "benefits": Array [
+        "TEST BENEFIT",
+      ],
+      "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}/,
+      "currency": "USD",
+      "description": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "monthly_price": 100,
+      "name": "benefit test tier",
+      "slug": "benefit-test-tier",
+      "trial_days": 0,
+      "type": "paid",
+      "updated_at": null,
+      "visibility": "public",
+      "welcome_page_url": null,
+      "yearly_price": 5000,
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Tiers API Can update a benefit's capitalization 1: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
+  "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
+  "content-length": "832",
+  "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
+  "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
+  "vary": "Accept-Version, Origin, Accept-Encoding",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Tiers API Can update a benefit's capitalization 2: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "tiers": Array [
+    Object {
+      "active": true,
+      "benefits": Array [
+        "Test benefit",
+      ],
+      "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}/,
+      "currency": "USD",
+      "description": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "monthly_price": 100,
+      "name": "benefit test tier",
+      "slug": "benefit-test-tier",
+      "trial_days": 0,
+      "type": "paid",
+      "updated_at": null,
+      "visibility": "public",
+      "welcome_page_url": null,
+      "yearly_price": 5000,
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Tiers API Can update a benefit's capitalization 3: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
+  "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
+  "content-length": "350",
+  "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
+  "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
+  "vary": "Accept-Version, Origin, Accept-Encoding",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`Tiers API Errors when price is negative 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "errors": Array [
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/tiers.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/tiers.test.js
index 8d99622c5a..dba19e47a2 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/tiers.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/tiers.test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const {
     mockManager,
     matchers
 } = require('../../utils/e2e-framework');
+const models = require('../../../core/server/models/index');
 const {anyContentVersion, anyEtag} = matchers;
 
 describe('Tiers API', function () {
@@ -189,4 +190,54 @@ describe('Tiers API', function () {
                 })
             });
     });
+
+    it('Can update a benefit\'s capitalization', async function () {
+        const tierData = {
+            name: 'benefit test tier',
+            monthly_price: 100,
+            currency: 'usd',
+            benefits: ['TEST BENEFIT']
+        };
+
+        let {body: {tiers: [tier]}} = await agent.post('/tiers/')
+            .body({tiers: [tierData]})
+            .expectStatus(201)
+            .matchBodySnapshot({
+                tiers: Array(1).fill({
+                    id: matchers.anyObjectId,
+                    created_at: matchers.anyISODate,
+                    name: 'benefit test tier',
+                    slug: 'benefit-test-tier',
+                    monthly_price: 100,
+                    currency: 'USD'
+                })
+            });
+
+        await agent.put(`/tiers/${tier.id}/`)
+            .body({
+                tiers: [{
+                    benefits: ['Test benefit']
+                }]
+            })
+            .expectStatus(200);
+
+        await agent.get(`/tiers/${tier.id}/`)
+            .expectStatus(200)
+            .matchHeaderSnapshot({
+                'content-version': anyContentVersion,
+                etag: anyEtag
+            })
+            .matchBodySnapshot({
+                tiers: Array(1).fill({
+                    id: matchers.anyObjectId,
+                    created_at: matchers.anyISODate,
+                    benefits: ['Test benefit']
+                })
+            });
+
+        const benefit = await models.Benefit.findOne({slug: 'test-benefit'});
+        assert(benefit.attributes.name === 'Test benefit', 'The benefit should have been updated.');
+        const previousBenefit = await models.Benefit.findOne({slug: 'test-benefit-2'});
+        assert(!previousBenefit, 'The previous benefit should have been overwritten');
+    });
 });