diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/Subscriber.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/Subscriber.pm
index c5b1474fc4..435318116f 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/Subscriber.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Utils/Subscriber.pm
@@ -332,7 +332,14 @@ sub prepare_resource {
         }
     }
 
+    #if webpassword hasn't changed, it means that nothing has been done to it via PUT/PATCH, and it comes encrypted from the database
+    #so we're deleting it here for form's length validation and then reassigning it to the resource
+    my $webpassword;
+    $webpassword = delete $resource->{webpassword} if ( $resource->{webpassword} && $item &&
+                                                        $resource->{webpassword} eq $item->provisioning_voip_subscriber->webpassword );
     return unless &$validate_code($resource);
+    $resource->{webpassword} = $webpassword if ($webpassword);
+
     #my ($form) = $self->get_form($c);
     #return unless $self->validate_form(
     #    c => $c,