diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/visibility-rules/visibility-rules.service.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/visibility-rules/visibility-rules.service.ts
index bc351d417..7c77b16af 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/visibility-rules/visibility-rules.service.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/misc/dataset-description-form/visibility-rules/visibility-rules.service.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export class VisibilityRulesService {
 		this.visibilityRuleContext = new VisibilityRulesContext();
 		this.visibilityRuleContext.buildVisibilityRuleContext(item || []);
 		this.form = form;
+		this.resetVisibilityRules();
 	}
 
 	public updateValueAndVisibility(id: string, value: any) {
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ export class VisibilityRulesService {
 		//this.updateValueAndVisibility(visibilityRule.targetControlId, null);
 	}
 
+	private resetVisibilityRules() {
+		this.elementVisibilityMap.clear();
+		this.elementVisibilityMap = new Map<String, boolean>();
+	}
+
 	parseValue(value: any) {
 		if (typeof value === 'string') {
 			if (isNumeric(value)) { return value; }