diff --git a/addons/calendar/models/calendar.py b/addons/calendar/models/calendar.py
index 145614fc045..fa22382b328 100644
--- a/addons/calendar/models/calendar.py
+++ b/addons/calendar/models/calendar.py
@@ -1406,7 +1406,8 @@ class Meeting(models.Model):
                         partners_to_notify.append(event_attendees_changes['removed_partners'].ids)
                     self.env['calendar.alarm_manager'].notify_next_alarm(partners_to_notify)
 
-            if (values.get('start_date') or values.get('start_datetime')) and values.get('active', True):
+            if (values.get('start_date') or values.get('start_datetime') or
+                    (values.get('start') and self.env.context.get('from_ui'))) and values.get('active', True):
                 for current_meeting in all_meetings:
                     if attendees_create:
                         attendees_create = attendees_create[current_meeting.id]
diff --git a/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/web_calendar.js b/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/web_calendar.js
index be6e1743ddc..51827c27e3c 100644
--- a/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/web_calendar.js
+++ b/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/web_calendar.js
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ var CalendarView = View.extend({
         var index = this.dataset.get_id_index(id);
         if (index !== null) {
             event_id = this.dataset.ids[index];
-            this.dataset.write(event_id, data, {}).always(function() {
+            this.dataset.write(event_id, data, {context: {from_ui: true}}).always(function() {
                 if (is_virtual_id(event_id)) {
                     // this is a virtual ID and so this will create a new event
                     // with an unknown id for us.