diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/user_fields_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/user_fields_controller.rb
index fceecfa7d18..e6bf7b2087d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/user_fields_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/user_fields_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Admin::UserFieldsController < Admin::AdminController
     field = UserField.new(params.require(:user_field).permit(*Admin::UserFieldsController.columns))
 
     field.position = (UserField.maximum(:position) || 0) + 1
-    field.required = params[:required] == "true"
+    field.required = params[:user_field][:required] == "true"
     update_options(field)
 
     json_result(field, serializer: UserFieldSerializer) do