diff --git a/nag/lib/Task.php b/nag/lib/Task.php
index 1778af0a850..d91151e2ea7 100644
--- a/nag/lib/Task.php
+++ b/nag/lib/Task.php
@@ -1525,6 +1525,12 @@ public function fromASTask(Horde_ActiveSync_Message_Task $message)
         /* Owner is always current user. */
         $this->owner = $GLOBALS['registry']->getAuth();
 
+        /* Must set _tags so we don't lazy load tags from the backend in the
+         * case that this is an edit. For edits, all current tags will be passed
+         * from the client.
+         */
+        $this->_tags = array();
+
         /* Notes and Title */
         if ($message->getProtocolVersion() >= Horde_ActiveSync::VERSION_TWELVE) {
             if ($message->airsyncbasebody->type == Horde_ActiveSync::BODYPREF_TYPE_HTML) {