diff --git a/apps/patchwork/forms.py b/apps/patchwork/forms.py
index 10fffb8..2c57c08 100644
--- a/apps/patchwork/forms.py
+++ b/apps/patchwork/forms.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class MultipleBooleanField(forms.ChoiceField):
             raise ValueError('Unknown value: %s' % value)
 
 class MultiplePatchForm(forms.Form):
-    actions = ['update']
+    action = 'update'
     state = OptionalModelChoiceField(queryset = State.objects.all())
     archived = MultipleBooleanField()
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class MultiplePatchForm(forms.Form):
         self.fields['delegate'] = OptionalDelegateField(project = project,
                 required = False)
 
-    def save(self, instance):
+    def save(self, instance, commit = True):
         opts = instance.__class__._meta
         if self.errors:
             raise ValueError("The %s could not be changed because the data "
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ class MultiplePatchForm(forms.Form):
 
             setattr(instance, f.name, data[f.name])
 
-        instance.save()
+        if commit:
+            instance.save()
         return instance
 
 class UserPersonLinkForm(forms.Form):
diff --git a/apps/patchwork/views/__init__.py b/apps/patchwork/views/__init__.py
index c9b16b9..f66a2bf 100644
--- a/apps/patchwork/views/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/patchwork/views/__init__.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def generic_list(request, project, view,
 
         if action in bundle_actions:
             errors = set_bundle(user, project, action, data, ps, context)
-        elif properties_form and action in properties_form.actions:
+        elif properties_form and action == properties_form.action:
             errors = process_multiplepatch_form(
                 properties_form, user, action, ps, context)
         else:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def generic_list(request, project, view,
 
 def process_multiplepatch_form(form, user, action, patches, context):
     errors = []
-    if not form.is_valid() or action not in form.actions:
+    if not form.is_valid() or action != form.action:
         return ['The submitted form data was invalid']
 
     if len(patches) == 0:
diff --git a/templates/patchwork/patch-list.html b/templates/patchwork/patch-list.html
index 43e0550..12c5d0c 100644
--- a/templates/patchwork/patch-list.html
+++ b/templates/patchwork/patch-list.html
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
      <tr>
       <td></td>
       <td>
-       <input type="submit" name="action" value="Update"/>
+        <input type="submit" name="action" value="{{patchform.action}}"/>
       </td>
      </tr>
     </table>