diff --git a/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assClozeTest.php b/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assClozeTest.php
index fa6520069c81..34adaf3e51e6 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assClozeTest.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assClozeTest.php
@@ -791,7 +791,12 @@ public function cloneQuestionTypeSpecificProperties(
                 $target->getId(),
                 $this->gap_combinations,
             );
+
+            // Mantis 46713: The maximum points may have changed due to the combinations,
+            // so the question must be saved again
+            $target->saveToDb();
         }
+
         return $target;
     }