diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/view/adminhtml/templates/catalog/product/edit/super/matrix.phtml b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/view/adminhtml/templates/catalog/product/edit/super/matrix.phtml
index 230e0fd14ccb6..72a665745cfec 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/view/adminhtml/templates/catalog/product/edit/super/matrix.phtml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/view/adminhtml/templates/catalog/product/edit/super/matrix.phtml
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ $currencySymbol = $block->getCurrencySymbol();
                         "productAttributes": <?= /* @noEscape */ $this->helper('Magento\Framework\Json\Helper\Data')->jsonEncode($attributes) ?>,
                         "productUrl": "<?= /* @noEscape */ $block->getUrl('catalog/product/edit', ['id' => '%id%']) ?>",
                         "currencySymbol": "<?= /* @noEscape */ $currencySymbol ?>",
-                        "configurableProductGrid": "configurableProductGrid"
+                        "configurableProductGrid": "configurableProductGrid",
+                        "errorSelector":".admin__field-error"
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/view/adminhtml/web/js/variations/variations.js b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/view/adminhtml/web/js/variations/variations.js
index e2e0faec3b805..188978cb5c135 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/view/adminhtml/web/js/variations/variations.js
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/view/adminhtml/web/js/variations/variations.js
@@ -410,13 +410,17 @@ define([
             if (this.source.data['configurable-matrix']) {
                 this.source.data['configurable-matrix-serialized'] =
                     JSON.stringify(this.source.data['configurable-matrix']);
-                delete this.source.data['configurable-matrix'];
+                if ($(this.errorSelector).length===0) {
+                    delete this.source.data['configurable-matrix'];
+                }
             }
 
             if (this.source.data['associated_product_ids']) {
                 this.source.data['associated_product_ids_serialized'] =
                     JSON.stringify(this.source.data['associated_product_ids']);
-                delete this.source.data['associated_product_ids'];
+                if ($(this.errorSelector).length===0) {
+                    delete this.source.data['associated_product_ids'];
+                }
             }
         },