diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/pending_deletes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/pending_deletes_controller.rb
index d885b3a99..4866d65c9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/pending_deletes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/pending_deletes_controller.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class Admin::PendingDeletesController < AdminController
     authorize! :update, :pending
 
     @epp_domain = Epp::Domain.find(params[:domain_id]) # only epp domain has apply pending
+    @epp_domain.is_admin= true
     if @epp_domain.apply_pending_delete!
       redirect_to admin_domain_path(@domain.id), notice: t(:pending_applied)
     else
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ class Admin::PendingDeletesController < AdminController
   def destroy
     authorize! :destroy, :pending
 
+    @epp_domain.is_admin= true
     if @domain.clean_pendings!
       redirect_to admin_domain_path(@domain.id), notice: t(:pending_removed)
     else
diff --git a/app/models/domain.rb b/app/models/domain.rb
index 7b744b03c..5580cb837 100644
--- a/app/models/domain.rb
+++ b/app/models/domain.rb
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ class Domain < ActiveRecord::Base
   # TODO: should we user validates_associated :registrant here?
 
   has_many :admin_domain_contacts
-  accepts_nested_attributes_for :admin_domain_contacts,  allow_destroy: !:admin_change_prohibited?, reject_if: :admin_change_prohibited?
+  accepts_nested_attributes_for :admin_domain_contacts,  allow_destroy: true, reject_if: :admin_change_prohibited?
   has_many :tech_domain_contacts
-  accepts_nested_attributes_for :tech_domain_contacts, allow_destroy: !:tech_change_prohibited?, reject_if: :tech_change_prohibited?
+  accepts_nested_attributes_for :tech_domain_contacts, allow_destroy: true, reject_if: :tech_change_prohibited?
 
   def registrant_change_prohibited?
     statuses.include? DomainStatus::SERVER_REGISTRANT_CHANGE_PROHIBITED