diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/PollCreateDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/PollCreateDialog.tsx
index 3d987c3d96..653d69864d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/PollCreateDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/PollCreateDialog.tsx
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export default class PollCreateDialog extends ScrollableBaseModal<IProps, IState
         const pollStart = PollStartEvent.from(
             this.state.question.trim(),
             this.state.options.map((a) => a.trim()).filter((a) => !!a),
-            this.state.kind,
+            this.state.kind.name,
         ).serialize();
 
         if (!this.props.editingMxEvent) {
diff --git a/test/components/views/elements/PollCreateDialog-test.tsx b/test/components/views/elements/PollCreateDialog-test.tsx
index 1459e501fc..fdfb4b50e7 100644
--- a/test/components/views/elements/PollCreateDialog-test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/views/elements/PollCreateDialog-test.tsx
@@ -252,6 +252,25 @@ describe("PollCreateDialog", () => {
             },
         });
     });
+
+    it("retains poll disclosure type when editing", () => {
+        const previousEvent: MatrixEvent = new MatrixEvent(
+            PollStartEvent.from("Poll Q", ["Answer 1", "Answer 2"], M_POLL_KIND_DISCLOSED).serialize(),
+        );
+        previousEvent.event.event_id = "$prevEventId";
+
+        const dialog = mount(
+            <PollCreateDialog room={createRoom()} onFinished={jest.fn()} editingMxEvent={previousEvent} />,
+        );
+
+        changeValue(dialog, "Question or topic", "Poll Q updated");
+        dialog.find("button").simulate("click");
+
+        const [, , eventType, sentEventContent] = mockClient.sendEvent.mock.calls[0];
+        expect(M_POLL_START.matches(eventType)).toBeTruthy();
+        // didnt change
+        expect(sentEventContent["m.new_content"][M_POLL_START.name].kind).toEqual(M_POLL_KIND_DISCLOSED.name);
+    });
 });
 
 function createRoom(): Room {