diff --git a/src/app/admin/admin-registries/metadata-registry/metadata-schema-form/metadata-schema-form.component.ts b/src/app/admin/admin-registries/metadata-registry/metadata-schema-form/metadata-schema-form.component.ts
index 1992289ff77..24bf4306619 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-registries/metadata-registry/metadata-schema-form/metadata-schema-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-registries/metadata-registry/metadata-schema-form/metadata-schema-form.component.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import {
 import { UntypedFormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 import { RegistryService } from '../../../../core/registry/registry.service';
 import { FormBuilderService } from '../../../../shared/form/builder/form-builder.service';
-import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable, combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
 import { MetadataSchema } from '../../../../core/metadata/metadata-schema.model';
 
 @Component({
@@ -147,30 +147,48 @@ export class MetadataSchemaFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    * Emit the updated/created schema using the EventEmitter submitForm
    */
   onSubmit(): void {
-    this.registryService.clearMetadataSchemaRequests().subscribe();
-    this.registryService.getActiveMetadataSchema().pipe(take(1)).subscribe(
-      (schema: MetadataSchema) => {
-        const values = {
-          prefix: this.name.value,
-          namespace: this.namespace.value
-        };
-        if (schema == null) {
-          this.registryService.createOrUpdateMetadataSchema(Object.assign(new MetadataSchema(), values)).subscribe((newSchema) => {
-            this.submitForm.emit(newSchema);
-          });
-        } else {
-          this.registryService.createOrUpdateMetadataSchema(Object.assign(new MetadataSchema(), schema, {
-            id: schema.id,
-            prefix: schema.prefix,
-            namespace: values.namespace,
-          })).subscribe((updatedSchema: MetadataSchema) => {
-            this.submitForm.emit(updatedSchema);
+        this.registryService
+          .getActiveMetadataSchema()
+          .pipe(
+            take(1),
+            switchMap((schema: MetadataSchema) => {
+              const metadataValues = {
+                prefix: this.name.value,
+                namespace: this.namespace.value,
+              };
+
+              let createOrUpdate$: Observable<MetadataSchema>;
+
+              if (schema == null) {
+                createOrUpdate$ =
+                  this.registryService.createOrUpdateMetadataSchema(
+                    Object.assign(new MetadataSchema(), metadataValues)
+                  );
+              } else {
+                const updatedSchema = Object.assign(
+                  new MetadataSchema(),
+                  schema,
+                  {
+                    namespace: metadataValues.namespace,
+                  }
+                );
+                createOrUpdate$ =
+                  this.registryService.createOrUpdateMetadataSchema(
+                    updatedSchema
+                  );
+              }
+
+              return createOrUpdate$;
+            }),
+            tap(() => {
+              this.registryService.clearMetadataSchemaRequests().subscribe();
+            })
+          )
+          .subscribe((updatedOrCreatedSchema: MetadataSchema) => {
+            this.submitForm.emit(updatedOrCreatedSchema);
+            this.clearFields();
+            this.registryService.cancelEditMetadataSchema();
           });
-        }
-        this.clearFields();
-        this.registryService.cancelEditMetadataSchema();
-      }
-    );
   }
 
   /**