diff --git a/apps/perms/serializers/application/permission.py b/apps/perms/serializers/application/permission.py
index c7ebdf769..ae65ea869 100644
--- a/apps/perms/serializers/application/permission.py
+++ b/apps/perms/serializers/application/permission.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from rest_framework import serializers
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from orgs.mixins.serializers import BulkOrgResourceModelSerializer
-from perms.models import ApplicationPermission
+from perms.models import ApplicationPermission, Action
 from ..base import ActionsField, BasePermissionSerializer
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/apps/perms/serializers/base.py b/apps/perms/serializers/base.py
index 81707dbd1..63cdd8d72 100644
--- a/apps/perms/serializers/base.py
+++ b/apps/perms/serializers/base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from perms.models import Action
 from orgs.mixins.serializers import BulkOrgResourceModelSerializer
+from rest_framework.fields import empty
 
 __all__ = ['ActionsDisplayField', 'ActionsField', 'BasePermissionSerializer']
 
@@ -10,6 +11,12 @@ class ActionsField(serializers.MultipleChoiceField):
         kwargs['choices'] = Action.CHOICES
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    def run_validation(self, data=empty):
+        data = super(ActionsField, self).run_validation()
+        if isinstance(data, list):
+            data = Action.choices_to_value(value=data)
+        return data
+
     def to_representation(self, value):
         return Action.value_to_choices(value)