diff --git a/gui/default/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js b/gui/default/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js
index 3fce15d63..35042ec1b 100755
--- a/gui/default/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js
+++ b/gui/default/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js
@@ -2053,6 +2053,9 @@ angular.module('syncthing.core')
             folderCfg.devices = newDevices;
             delete $scope.currentSharing;
 
+            if (!folderCfg.versioning) {
+                folderCfg.versioning = {params: {}};
+            }
             folderCfg.versioning.type = folderCfg._guiVersioning.selector;
             if ($scope.internalVersioningEnabled()) {
                 folderCfg.versioning.cleanupIntervalS = folderCfg._guiVersioning.cleanupIntervalS;
diff --git a/gui/default/untrusted/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js b/gui/default/untrusted/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js
index a29aa4f81..fcc8b08bc 100755
--- a/gui/default/untrusted/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js
+++ b/gui/default/untrusted/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js
@@ -2093,6 +2093,9 @@ angular.module('syncthing.core')
             folderCfg.devices = newDevices;
             delete $scope.currentSharing;
 
+            if (!folderCfg.versioning) {
+                folderCfg.versioning = {params: {}};
+            }
             folderCfg.versioning.type = folderCfg._guiVersioning.selector;
             if ($scope.internalVersioningEnabled()) {
                 folderCfg.versioning.cleanupIntervalS = folderCfg._guiVersioning.cleanupIntervalS;