diff --git a/src/components/forms/speaker-form.js b/src/components/forms/speaker-form.js
index 71aab6776..8ef79a5c8 100644
--- a/src/components/forms/speaker-form.js
+++ b/src/components/forms/speaker-form.js
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ class SpeakerForm extends React.Component {
 
     if (ev.target.type === "memberinput") {
       entity.email = "";
-      if (value && mustReplaceSpeakerFieldsWithMemberInfo()) {
+      if (
+        (value && mustReplaceSpeakerFieldsWithMemberInfo()) ||
+        (value && !mustReplaceSpeakerFieldsWithMemberInfo() && entity.id === 0)
+      ) {
         entity.affiliations = [...value.affiliations];
         entity.first_name = !isEmptyString(value.first_name)
           ? value.first_name