diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee
index 3d13e0423c..734b3d0db0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ productEditModule.controller "AdminProductEditCtrl", [
               delete variant.unit_value_with_description
               # If we end up live-updating this field, we might want to reinstate its verification here
               delete variant.options_text
+          if product.master
+            delete product.master.unit_value_with_description
+            delete product.master.options_text
       products_filtered
 
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
index 769f6cf8c8..90d80dd295 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
@@ -850,6 +850,15 @@ describe "AdminProductEditCtrl", ->
           }
         ]
 
+      it "returns master variant without the unit_value_with_description field", ->
+        scope.products = [{id: 123, master: {id: 234, unit_value_with_description: 'foo'}}]
+        expect(scope.productsWithoutDerivedAttributes(scope.products)).toEqual [
+          {
+            id: 123
+            master: {id: 234}
+          }
+        ]
+
 
   describe "deep copying products", ->
     it "copies products", ->