diff --git a/question/type/edit_question_form.php b/question/type/edit_question_form.php
index cee43686d5b..478cf3cbcb5 100644
--- a/question/type/edit_question_form.php
+++ b/question/type/edit_question_form.php
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ abstract class question_edit_form extends question_wizard_form {
         if (is_array($extraquestionfields) && !empty($question->options)) {
             array_shift($extraquestionfields);
             foreach ($extraquestionfields as $field) {
-                if (property_exists($question->options->$field)) {
+                if (property_exists($question->options, $field)) {
                     $question->$field = $question->options->$field;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/question/type/questiontypebase.php b/question/type/questiontypebase.php
index 615db9cfae4..0ab59f851c1 100644
--- a/question/type/questiontypebase.php
+++ b/question/type/questiontypebase.php
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class question_type {
                 $options->$questionidcolname = $question->id;
             }
             foreach ($extraquestionfields as $field) {
-                if (property_exists($question->$field)) {
+                if (property_exists($question, $field)) {
                     $options->$field = $question->$field;
                 }
             }