diff --git a/src/applications/meta/controller/PhabricatorApplicationEditController.php b/src/applications/meta/controller/PhabricatorApplicationEditController.php
index 635d6d299b..6241a56f2f 100644
--- a/src/applications/meta/controller/PhabricatorApplicationEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/meta/controller/PhabricatorApplicationEditController.php
@@ -1,164 +1,167 @@
 <?php
 
 final class PhabricatorApplicationEditController
   extends PhabricatorApplicationsController{
 
   private $application;
 
   public function willProcessRequest(array $data) {
     $this->application = $data['application'];
   }
 
   public function processRequest() {
     $request = $this->getRequest();
     $user = $request->getUser();
 
     $application = id(new PhabricatorApplicationQuery())
       ->setViewer($user)
       ->withClasses(array($this->application))
       ->requireCapabilities(
         array(
           PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_VIEW,
           PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_EDIT,
         ))
       ->executeOne();
     if (!$application) {
       return new Aphront404Response();
     }
 
     $title = $application->getName();
 
     $view_uri = $this->getApplicationURI('view/'.get_class($application).'/');
 
     $policies = id(new PhabricatorPolicyQuery())
       ->setViewer($user)
       ->setObject($application)
       ->execute();
 
     if ($request->isFormPost()) {
       $result = array();
       foreach ($application->getCapabilities() as $capability) {
         $old = $application->getPolicy($capability);
         $new = $request->getStr('policy:'.$capability);
 
         if ($old == $new) {
           // No change to the setting.
           continue;
         }
 
         if (empty($policies[$new])) {
           // Can't set the policy to something invalid.
           continue;
         }
 
-        $capobj = PhabricatorPolicyCapability::getCapabilityByKey($capability);
-        if (!$capobj || !$capobj->shouldAllowPublicPolicySetting()) {
-          // Can't set non-public policies to public.
-          continue;
+        if ($new == PhabricatorPolicies::POLICY_PUBLIC) {
+          $capobj = PhabricatorPolicyCapability::getCapabilityByKey(
+            $capability);
+          if (!$capobj || !$capobj->shouldAllowPublicPolicySetting()) {
+            // Can't set non-public policies to public.
+            continue;
+          }
         }
 
         $result[$capability] = $new;
       }
 
       if ($result) {
         $key = 'phabricator.application-settings';
         $config_entry = PhabricatorConfigEntry::loadConfigEntry($key);
         $value = $config_entry->getValue();
 
         $phid = $application->getPHID();
         if (empty($value[$phid])) {
           $value[$application->getPHID()] = array();
         }
         if (empty($value[$phid]['policy'])) {
           $value[$phid]['policy'] = array();
         }
 
         $value[$phid]['policy'] = $result + $value[$phid]['policy'];
 
         // Don't allow users to make policy edits which would lock them out of
         // applications, since they would be unable to undo those actions.
         PhabricatorEnv::overrideConfig($key, $value);
         PhabricatorPolicyFilter::mustRetainCapability(
           $user,
           $application,
           PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_VIEW);
 
         PhabricatorPolicyFilter::mustRetainCapability(
           $user,
           $application,
           PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_EDIT);
 
         PhabricatorConfigEditor::storeNewValue(
           $config_entry,
           $value,
           $this->getRequest());
       }
 
       return id(new AphrontRedirectResponse())->setURI($view_uri);
     }
 
     $descriptions = PhabricatorPolicyQuery::renderPolicyDescriptions(
       $user,
       $application);
 
     $form = id(new AphrontFormView())
       ->setUser($user);
 
     foreach ($application->getCapabilities() as $capability) {
       $label = $application->getCapabilityLabel($capability);
       $can_edit = $application->isCapabilityEditable($capability);
       $caption = $application->getCapabilityCaption($capability);
 
       if (!$can_edit) {
         $form->appendChild(
           id(new AphrontFormStaticControl())
             ->setLabel($label)
             ->setValue(idx($descriptions, $capability))
             ->setCaption($caption));
       } else {
         $form->appendChild(
           id(new AphrontFormPolicyControl())
           ->setUser($user)
           ->setCapability($capability)
           ->setPolicyObject($application)
           ->setPolicies($policies)
           ->setLabel($label)
           ->setName('policy:'.$capability)
           ->setCaption($caption));
       }
 
     }
 
     $form->appendChild(
       id(new AphrontFormSubmitControl())
         ->setValue(pht('Save Policies'))
         ->addCancelButton($view_uri));
 
     $crumbs = $this->buildApplicationCrumbs();
     $crumbs->addCrumb(
       id(new PhabricatorCrumbView())
         ->setName($application->getName())
         ->setHref($view_uri));
     $crumbs->addCrumb(
       id(new PhabricatorCrumbView())
         ->setName(pht('Edit Policies')));
 
     $header = id(new PHUIHeaderView())
       ->setHeader(pht('Edit Policies: %s', $application->getName()));
 
     $object_box = id(new PHUIObjectBoxView())
       ->setHeader($header)
       ->setForm($form);
 
     return $this->buildApplicationPage(
       array(
         $crumbs,
         $object_box,
       ),
       array(
         'title' => $title,
         'device' => true,
       ));
   }
 
 }