diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/xml/XPathMetadataExtracter.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/xml/XPathMetadataExtracter.java
index 94067c0bc9..4d36485020 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/xml/XPathMetadataExtracter.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/xml/XPathMetadataExtracter.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public class XPathMetadataExtracter extends AbstractMappingMetadataExtracter imp
                 value = getStringValue(document, xpathExpression);
             }
             // Put the value
-            rawProperties.put(documentProperty, value);
+            super.putRawValue(documentProperty, value, rawProperties);
         }
         // Done
         return rawProperties;