diff --git a/htdocs/comm/action/card.php b/htdocs/comm/action/card.php
index 129696a60d9..0709a2571ad 100644
--- a/htdocs/comm/action/card.php
+++ b/htdocs/comm/action/card.php
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ if (empty($reshook) && $action == 'update')
 		$object->note_private = trim(GETPOST("note", "none"));
 		$object->fk_element	 = GETPOST("fk_element", "int");
 		$object->elementtype = GETPOST("elementtype", "alphanohtml");
-
 		if (!$datef && $percentage == 100)
 		{
 			$error++; $donotclearsession = 1;
diff --git a/htdocs/comm/action/class/actioncomm.class.php b/htdocs/comm/action/class/actioncomm.class.php
index 3c060ffdc39..7355040e00c 100644
--- a/htdocs/comm/action/class/actioncomm.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/comm/action/class/actioncomm.class.php
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ class ActionComm extends CommonObject
 
         // Clean parameters
         $this->label = trim($this->label);
-        $this->note_private = dol_htmlcleanlastbr(trim(empty($this->note_private) ? $this->note : $this->note_private));
+        $this->note_private = dol_htmlcleanlastbr(trim(!isset($this->note_private) ? $this->note : $this->note_private));
         if (empty($this->percentage))    $this->percentage = 0;
         if (empty($this->priority) || !is_numeric($this->priority)) $this->priority = 0;
         if (empty($this->transparency))  $this->transparency = 0;